Albeit covering only three percent of the world's land surface, peatlands could store 550 billion tonnes of carbon. It is twice as much as the forests do globally. Additionally, peatlands hold 10 percent of global freshwater resources, according to the International Mire Conservation Group and the I...
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Indonesia Water Journal - AUGUST 2021
Welcome to the August edition of Indonesia Water Journal, readers! As we celebrate the 76th Indonesia Independence Day, we had prepared a lovely infographic here. This month, we also featured a special interview regarding peatland restoration in Indonesia, McKinsey Sustainability's report on how cit...
Mangrove: why it's good to keep
Mangroves can store 9 times more carbon in the soil compared to tropical forests. Yeah, it is incredible. Surprised much? Find out other facts about mangroves! Infographic by Rizki Ramadhan Prayitno (The Water Agency)
Dry season gets under way, efforts to protect peat ecosystem in Sumatra reinforced
Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 17 August 2021 Sumatra is home to a large proportion of the peatlands of Indonesia and that is why fortified efforts to protect the peatland ecosystem on the island are indispensable as the forest fire-triggering dry season has arrived.Out of the total 14.9 milli...
Restoring mangroves to raise people’s welfare and mitigate climate change
Source: The Jakarta PostDate: July 26, 2021 Indonesia is scrambling to restore its sizeable mangrove forest loss, with the national Peatland and Mangrove Restoration Agency (BRGM) tasked with accelerating the process over the next four years, as the consequences of mangrove deforestation have been i...