Closing the canal at Sungai Pakning
A canal dug for timber in 1998 is being shut by the village that has lived with it since.
The canal is older than most of the people maintaining the dams across it. It was cut to float timber out. It has been draining the dome ever since.
Nobody here calls this restoration. They call it closing the canal.
118dams
Canal dams built
Dams are counted, but the area they affect is the point.
6,800ha
Peat under rewetting
Why the permit matters here
Work on this ground is only durable if the village holds a recognised right to manage it.
4permits
Village forest permits supported
