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PO0317-13
TitleJelutong and rubber based-agroforest systems to improve local livelihood and reduce emission in peatland of Sumatra and Central Kalimantan
AuthorJanudianto, Muhammad Sofiyuddin, Aulia Perdana and Jasnari
Year2013
PublisherWorld Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) Southeast Asia Regional Program
CityBogor, Indonesia
Call NumberPO0317-13
Abstract:
Land conversion, massive deforestations and degradation on peat swamp forest increases significant carbon emission and loss of livelihood of people who lives in the peat areas of Sumatra and Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Decreasing number of livelihood options drive people to look back at the existing livelihoods which can still provide them with a descent living. NTFP producing species such as jelutong (Dyera polyphylla), gemor (Alseodaphne sp.) and rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) are examples of the tree-based livelihoods option which was historically popular in the area.
Jelutong and gemor are commercial tree species that are highly valued for its latex, wood, and bark. Both species spread across the Malaysian peninsular, Singapore and Indonesia (Sumatra and Kalimantan). Now it is difficult to find them due to deforestation, including in the peat swamp forests in the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan. Meanwhile, rubber was first introduced in Kalimantan at the beginning of the 20th century, which expanded rapidly throughout the island, and was introduced earlier in Sumatra.
Interestingly, current trend showed that many villages in the peat swamp forest area in Sumatra and Central Kalimantan rely on rubber as the main source of livelihoods to the local people. In some areas in Sumatra, jelutong is also popular as one of the economically potential indigenous species in the peatland. Development efforts on promoting and enhancing both jelutong and rubber-based agroforestry in the peatland within these landscapes can improve local livelihoods, reduce the environmental pressure to the remaining peat swamp forest and also providing potential environmental service.
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