Abstract
Agroforestry has been mentioned has good potency to be selected as one of the tools to overcome the problem of degraded tropical peat swamp forest (TPSF) which was associated with social conflict. Here, we evaluated the early benefits of agroforestry for some aspects which has relationship with the attempt to overcome social conflict and peatland degradation*. We established the experimental plot of agroforestry in the conflict area at forest area with special purpose (KHDTK) in Kepau Jaya Village, Kampar District, Riau Province. We planted three native tree species of TPSF, namely were Balangeran(Shorea balangeran), Geronggang(Cratoxylum arborescens)and Gelam(Melaleuca cajuputi subsp. cumingiana.In this plot, between rows of tree plantation the local farmer cultivated their crop. At 11 months after plantation; the ranges of survival rate, height and collar diameter increment of all tree native species were 56.2% - 72.44%, 97.4 m/year – 163.0 m/year and 2.04 cm/year – 3.2 cm/year, respectively. Furthermore, from the yields of the three types of seasonal crops (melon, chilli and luffa), the average income which was gathered by farmers was of 6,000,000 IDR. We also observed that during this agroforestry activity, the intensity of forest disturbance by the local community around KHDTK was relatively reduced. It is important to manage and increase those diverse benefits in further years.
Highlights
The area of degraded peatland in Indonesia must be reduced due to it associated with fire and haze disaster
It was related to the fact that the more prone condition to fire will exhibited in the degraded peatland than that in healthful peatland
We investigated the early benefits which exhibited in this agroforestry trial. This investigation is the part of long study which will be conducted to obtain an appropriate agroforestry model which will be implemented at this conflict area
Summary
The area of degraded peatland in Indonesia must be reduced due to it associated with fire and haze disaster. The government of Indonesia has three strategies in order to rehabilitate degraded peatland; namely are rewetting, re-vegetation and revitalization of livelihoods [7] These strategies can be implemented on field through agroforestry practice, especially in the conflict area where concern must be given to overcome social problem. The insight that related to the capability of agroforestry to improve degraded peatland and livelihood community in Riau was relatively still limited. To reduce this gap, we collaborated to establish an agroforestry trial with local farmer who was lived around a conflict area of degraded peatland in Kampar, Riau. This investigation is the part of long study which will be conducted to obtain an appropriate agroforestry model which will be implemented at this conflict area
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