{"id":2894,"date":"2017-12-08T09:51:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T09:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icleiseas.org\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2018-01-24T08:19:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T08:19:09","slug":"how-restorasi-ekosistem-riau-is-taking-on-the-restoration-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/2017\/12\/08\/how-restorasi-ekosistem-riau-is-taking-on-the-restoration-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"How Restorasi Ekosistem Riau is taking on the Restoration Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Responsible Business<\/a><\/p>\n

The programme which operates under 60-year eco-restoration licenses granted by the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry is part of\u00a0APRIL\u2019s commitment<\/a>\u00a0to conserve one hectare for every hectare planted. To date, APRIL has met 83% of its goal with more than 400,000 hectares of forest protected and conserved. In 2015, APRIL pledged USD 100 million for long-term conservation and restoration.<\/p>\n

At its inception four years ago,\u00a0RER<\/a>\u00a0began with protecting and restoring 20,000 hectares of peat forest in the Kampar Peninsula, Riau.\u00a0 At the 2015 COP 21 in Paris, APRIL announced the expansion of RER to 150,000 hectares that includes Padang Island, also in Riau province. NGO Partners\u00a0have over past two years brought their social and scientific expertise to the implementation of the programme.<\/p>\n

RER in Kampar Peninsula demonstrates a production \u2013 protection landscape approach bringing a model for successful ecosystem restoration which benefits people, wildlife and climate in the ecosystem.<\/p>\n

The Kampar Peninsula is particularly important as it has been recognized by BirdLife International and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as an Important Bird Area (2004) and Key Biodiversity Area (2006) while the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and WWF identifies Kampar Peninsula as Class II Tiger Conservation Landscape (2007), respectively.<\/p>\n

Biodiversity survey in 2015 has identified 550 animals and plant species within RER-managed area in Kampar Peninsula, amongst these 44 species are globally protected as they are included in the IUCN Red List, while 64 species are prohibited and restricted to be traded and 83 species are protected by Indonesia law.<\/p>\n

Further, a spatial analysis in 2017 suggests that the 344,000 hectares of peat forest in Kampar Peninsula is the largest remaining block of peat forest in Riau where quality is maintained or even improving and provides an important link between the remaining blocks of natural forest in Riau and Kerumutan Wildlife Conservation area.<\/p>\n

Over 80% of RER\u2019s workforce originates from the two regencies in Riau in which RER is located, Pelalawan and Kepulauan Meranti. This demonstrates the commitment of local people to ecosystem restoration and helps RER to establish trust and better understand the needs of forest users.<\/p>\n

A very important rule is the need for widespread stakeholder involvement from both local communities and scientific experts. Also, in all cases, restoration must be adapted to the specific site and be continuously monitored, assessed and updated based on results. Local community knowledge and acceptance of\u00a0institutional \u2018restoration\u2019<\/a>\u00a0efforts are essential. Otherwise, new disturbances may occur and delay the restoration or recovery efforts.<\/p>\n

Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to read more on the Q&A session with Bradford Sanders of RER, about the project, the progress being made and the importance of community involvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Responsible Business The programme which operates under 60-year eco-restoration licenses granted by the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry is part of\u00a0APRIL\u2019s commitment\u00a0to conserve one hectare for every hectare planted. To date, APRIL has met 83% of its goal with more than 400,000 hectares of forest protected and conserved. In 2015, APRIL pledged USD […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,105,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-news","category-icleiindonesia","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2895,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions\/2895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}