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| Title | Analysis of local livelihoods from past to present in the Central Kalimantan ex-mega rice project area | | Author | S. Suyanto, Noviana Khususiyah, Idris Sardi, R. Yana Buana and Meine van Noordwijk | | Year | 2009 | | Publisher | World Agroforestry Centre - ICRAF, SEA Regional Office | | City of Publication | Bogor, Indonesia | | Series Number | Working Paper no 94 | | Number of Pages | 70 | | Call Number | WP0124-10 |
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| Indonesia is a prime target for international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from land use and land use change sectors, since the country is known to be a global leader in such emissions, ranking third in overall greenhouse gas emissions (fossil fuels plus land use sectors), if assumptions about peatland emissions are correct. Current international negotiations on incentive systems for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD) have yet to clarify the scope of the intended rules and the relationship with other types of land use change emissions (previously deforested peatlands, agriculture and trees outside forest). However, the landscape-scale relationships between rural livelihoods, economic development and conservation and enhancement of above- and belowground carbon stocks need to be understood for any of the institutional mechanisms currently discussed.
Within Indonesia, the peatlands of Central Kalimantan are a recognized hotspot of emissions, with a complex history of planned and spontaneous land use change as their cause, within a peat dome environment that provides strong linkages between water tables and associated fire risk and requires the integration of management on a scale considerably above the village level. This report details a livelihood assessment that included an analysis of land management, poverty, gender, the role of fire and drainage practices for the area known as the ‘Ex-Mega Rice Project’ in Central Kalimantan, focussing on Block A (strongly affected by the Rice Project) and Block E (relatively intact) that cover parts of the major peat dome and adjacent rivers. This site was
selected as a demonstration site for REDD under the Kalimantan Forest and Climate Partnership (KFCP) supported by the Governments of Australia and Indonesia. |
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