From the Editor
This book is the third research outcome of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) Practical Project “Toward the Regeneration of Tropical Peatland Societies: Establishment of an International Research Network and Proposals for the Future.” Focusing on Riau Province, Indonesia, which has the most extensive tropical peatlands in Southeast Asia, the book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the politics of peatlands at the local level, the perceptions of peatland residents in peatland communities, and their livelihoods.
This project mainly focuses on one particular village and is a multifaceted study, accompanied by social implementation by NGO activists. From these studies, we pointed out the necessity of understanding river ecosystems, which are often forgotten in peatland conservation policies, and the possibility of implementing peatland conservation practices through the revitalization of freshwater fisheries.
Contents
- Introduction
Masaaki Okamoto, Takamasa Osawa, Wahyu Prasetyawan, Akhwan Binawan - Contentious Politics of Mapping for (De)forestation in Indonesia: From the National to Provincial and Community Levels
Masaaki Okamoto, Made Ali, Kazuo Watanabe - Selling Peatland for the Future: History, Land Management, and the Transformation of Common Land in Rantau Baru
Takamasa Osawa, Akhwan Binawan - Inferring Recent Changes in Fish Fauna in the Middle Reaches of the Kampar River: Survey Results from the Fishing Village of Rantau Baru
Hikaru Nakagawa - Fisheries of the Rantau Baru and Kampar Rivers, Sumatra, Indonesia
Nofrizal, Romie Jhonnerie, Thamrin, Tengku Said Raza’i, Zulfan Sa’am, Hikaru Nakagawa - Rethinking the Local Wisdom Approach in Peatland Restoration through the Case of Rantau Baru: A Critical Inquiry to the Present-Day Concept of Kearifan Lokal
Takamasa Osawa - The Dimension of Gender in Peatland Management in Rantau Baru Village
Kurniawati Hastuti Dewi - Village Initiatives for Fire Prevention and Peatland Restoration in Riau After the Enactment of the 2014 Village Law
Takuya Hasegawa - Willingness to Pay for Environmental Conservation of Peat and Aquatic Ecosystems in a Cash-Poor Community: A Riau Case Study
Wahyu Prasetyawan - The Value of Participatory Mapping, the Role of the Adat Community (Masyarakat Adat), and the Future of the Peatlands
Akhwan Binawan, Takamasa Osawa - The Inequity Implications of Peatland Conservation Policies
Maho Kasori - Integrated Spatial Ecosystem Services Valuation Approach with Community Participation in a Social Forestry Scheme
Dheny Sampurno - Conclusion
Takamasa Osawa, Wahyu Prasetyawan, Akhwan Binawan, Masaaki Okamoto