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Title

Catastrophe and regeneration in Indonesia's peatlands : ecology, economy, and society / edited by Kosuke Mizuno, Motoko S. Fujita & Shuichi Kawai.

Publication

• Singapore : NUS Press, Singapore in association with Kyoto University Press, Japan, [2016]
• ©2016

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Additional Authors

• Mizuno, Kōsuke
• Fujita, Motoko S.
• Kawai, Shūichi, 1948-
• NUS Press publisher.

Description

xxvii, 466 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Kyoto CSEAS series on Asian Studies / Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University ; 15

Uniform Title

Kyoto CSEAS series on Asian studies 15.

Alternative Title

Catastrophe & regeneration in Indonesia's peatlands

Subject

• Peatlands > Indonesia
• Peatland restoration > Indonesia
• Peatland conservation > Indonesia
• Peatland ecology > Indonesia
• Tourbières > Indonésie
• Tourbières > Réhabilitation > Indonésie
• Tourbières > Conservation > Indonésie
• Écologie des tourbières > Indonésie
• Peatland conservation
• Peatland ecology
• Peatland restoration
• Peatlands
• Indonesia

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• In English.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Machine generated contents note: 1. The Development of Peatlands in Southeast Asia and the Evolution of Tropical Biomass Societies: Historical Changes in the Human-Nature Interface -- 2.A Comprehensive Understanding of Biomass Societies -- 3. The Proposal for People's Forestry -- 4. The Format of This Book -- pt. 1 The Scope of Tropical Biomass Societies -- The Aims of Part 1 -- ch. 1 Land and Forest Policy in Southeast Asia / Retno Kusumaningtyas -- 1. Land Policy and Forestry Policy in Southeast Asia -- 2. Forest Policy in Indonesia during the Colonial Period -- 3. Land Policy in Indonesia during the Colonial Period -- 4. Land Policy in Indonesia after Independence -- 5. Forestry Policy in Indonesia after Independence -- ch. 2 The Biodiversity of Southeast Asian Tropical Rainforests / Hiromitsu Samejima -- 1. The Biodiversity of Indonesia's Tropical Rainforests -- 2. The Declining Biodiversity of Tropical Rainforests
• Note continued: 3.A Framework to Maintain the Biodiversity of Indonesia's Tropical Rainforests -- ch. 3 Biomass Assessment of Afforested Regions in Tropical Southeast Asia / Kazuo Watanabe -- 1. Introduction -- 2. State of the Forests in Southeast Asia -- 3. Changing Timber Use: From Natural to Planted Trees -- 4. Biomass Accumulation of Forests and Individual Trees -- 5. Role of Forests as Sinks for Atmospheric CO2 -- 6. Estimation and Verification of Forest Biomass: A Case Study -- 7. Forest Biomass Stock and Flow -- 8. Assessment of Biomass Sustainability -- pt. 2 Peat Swamps as Sustainable Humanosphere: Their History and Ecology -- The Aims of Part 2 -- ch. 4 An Overview of Tropical Peat Swamps / Tetsuya Shimamura -- 1. The Landscape of Peat Swamp Forests -- 2. Formation and Development of Peat Swamp Forests -- 3. The Vegetation of Peat Swamp Forests -- 4. Peat Found in Peat Swamps
• Note continued: 5. History of Peat Swamp Forest Development: Farmland Development and Its Problems (the Mega Rice Project) -- 6. Concluding Remarks -- Towards the Expansion of Tropical Peat Swamp Forest Research -- ch. 5 A Socioeconomic History of the Peatland Region: From Trade to Land Development, and Then to Conservation / Kaoru Sugihara -- 1. Introduction: What Value Have People Attached to Peatlands? -- 2. The Peatland Region as a Single Spatial Unit -- 3. Until 1870: Development of a Maritime Network Society through Trade -- 4. Expanded Biomass Production in the Hilly Region and Reorganization of the Peatland Region, 1870 -- 1960s -- 5. The Age of Large-scale Development: From the Mid-1960s to 1998 -- 6. The Conflict between Development and Conservation: 1998 Onward -- 7. The Changing Value of the Peatlands -- ch. 6 Local Communities in the Peatland Region: Demographic Composition and Land Use / Kosuke Mizuno -- 1. Introduction
• Note continued: 2. Transitions in Local Communities in the Peatland Region: From Small Communities to Multiethnic Societies -- 3. The Relationship of Local People with the Peatlands -- 4. Differences in Land Use between Indigenous Inhabitants and Migrants -- ch. 7 Tropical Peat Swamp Forest Ecosystems and REDD+ / Shigeo Kobayashi -- 1. Tropical Peat Swamp Forest Ecosystems -- 2. Characteristics of Tropical Peatlands -- 3. Land Use Change and Peat Decomposition -- 4. REDD+ and Safeguards in Peat Swamp Forest Ecosystems -- pt. 3 The Case Study of Riau -- The Aims of Part 3 -- ch. 8 Outline of the Survey Area in Riau Province, Indonesia / Kosuke Mizuno -- 1. The Geography and Society of the Survey Area -- 2. Giam Siak Kecil-Bukit Batu Biosphere Reserve (GSK-BB BR) -- 3. Conclusion -- ch. 9 Deforestation and the Process of Expansion of Oil Palm and Acacia Plantations / Shuichi Kawai
• Note continued: 1. Introduction -- Land Use Change of Peat Swamp Forests Accompanying the Expansion of Human Activity -- 2. Evaluation of Current Land Use -- 3. Current Land Use and Land Use Transformation Processes -- 4. Summary -- Potential for Sustainability of the New Biomass Society that has Developed in the Analysis Area -- ch. 10 Rainfall and Groundwater Level Fluctuations in the Peat Swamps / Osamu Kozan -- 1. Introduction: The Development of Peat Swamps and Groundwater Level Fluctuations -- 2. Rainfall in Riau Province, Sumatra -- 3. Groundwater Level Fluctuations in the Peat Swamps -- 4. Summary: Toward an Understanding of the Hydrological System of Peat Swamps -- ch. 11 Combined Biomass Production, the Local Economy, and Societies / Kazuya Masuda -- 1. Surveyed Area and Methods -- 2. The People in the Surveyed Village -- 3. Land Ownership by Surveyed Households -- 4. Biomass Production in the Peatlands Area -- 5. Abandoned Peatland
• Note continued: 6. Employment Opportunities Outside Agriculture -- 7. Income by Class -- 8. People's Forestry -- ch. 12 Biodiversity in Peat Swamp Forest and Plantations / Ahmad Muhammad -- 1. Introduction: How Does the Transformation of Sumatra's Peat Swamp Forests Affect Biodiversity? -- 2. Methods -- 3. Results: Capture Rate and Observation Frequency -- 4. Discussion: How Does Conversion of Peat Swamp Forest Affect Biodiversity? -- 5. Biodiversity Conservation in Peat Swamp Forests -- ch. 13 Biomass Production by Companies and Smallholders / Kazuya Masuda -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sites of Biomass Production by Companies and Smallholders -- 3. Evaluation of Biomass Resource Production by Plantations and Smallholders -- 4. Evaluation of Biomass Accumulation of Companies and Smallholders -- 5. Summary: Conservation of Peat Swamps Using Unique Local Biomass Production Systems -- ch. 14 The Rehabilitation of Degraded Peat Swamp Forest Ecosystems / Shigeo Kobayashi
• Note continued: 1. What Is Rehabilitation of Degraded Forest? -- 2. Methods for Rehabilitating Degraded Peat Swamp Forests -- 3. The Structure of Rehabilitated Forest -- 4. The Significance of Rehabilitated Forest to the Global Environment and Local People -- Epilogue: Towards the Regeneration of Biomass Societies / Tetsuya Shimamura -- 1. Environmental Degradation Due to Past Development of the Peatlands -- 2. The Potential for Co-existence of the Profit, Survival, and Conservation Motives: Findings from Fieldwork -- 3. Analysis of Current Biomass Production Systems from the Perspective of the Three Motives -- 4. Toward Maximization of the Three Motives: A Proposal for People's Forestry -- 5. Toward Realizing People's Forestry -- 6. The Significance of Interdisciplinary Area Studies.

ISBN

• 9789814722094
• 981472209X
• 9784876988778
• 4876988773

LCCN

2016326005

OCLC

• 932383172
• SCSB-10898979

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library