An income that does not need the peat dry
A household that earns from drained peat has a reason to keep it drained. In Central Kalimantan, the programme is supporting paludiculture and fisheries instead.
Rewetting a peat dome only works if the households around it have a way to earn that does not depend on keeping the peat dry. Otherwise every closed canal is a loss to someone nearby.
In Central Kalimantan, the programme supports paludiculture, the farming of crops that grow in wet peat, and fisheries, so that livelihoods do not rely on drainage. The households that earn this way are the long-term guardians of the dome.
Every closed canal should be a gain to someone nearby.
Scale
1,580 households are in agreements across the working area.
The dome sits inside the largest forest estate of the seven provinces, 12.12 million hectares and nearly 80% of the province. Most of that land is already managed through the KPH system, so the programme works through the units that exist instead of running separate projects.
