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Empowering purun group for peatland restoration in South Sumatra


Background

Purun is a native species on peatland in South Sumatra. In Peatland Hydrological Unit (PHU) Burnai-Sibumbung (Pedamaran village), Sugihan-Lumpur (Meranjak, Pangkalan Lampam, Pampangan village) and Sibumbung-Talangrimba (Tanjung Lubuk village) in the OKI regency, South Sumatra, Purun has been utilized by communities to produce woven mats and other household goods. This means that purun is a potential commodity for the sustainable livelihood on peatland. In those villages, there have been about 30 community groups for purun. They are divided into two types of group: (1) Farmer groups and (2) Weaver groups. Farmer groups consist of farmers who collect purun on peatlands. This group sells purun to the weaver group to be woven into mats and other products such as slippers and bags. Currently, the purun group are still facing issues with funding for facilities to support their livelihood activities and market demand for their products. This issue may trigger the purun group to shift their livelihood into slash and burn practices that undermine peatland restoration.

Meanwhile. Purun location is often located in/near peatland restoration activities (rewetting/canal blocking and revegetation) that require monitoring data.

Objectives

The project aims to;

  • ·           Increase welfare of purun group through market creation
  • ·           Influence involvement of purun community group in supporting peatland restoration through participative monitoring.

Concept

For this project, I will work with a local organization and some purun groups that are located near restoration activities done by the government/NGOs.

There will be five types of intervention will be done to the purun groups:

1.    Providing a safe guideline (including spatial analysis, that will provide routes and techniques) for purun farmers in conducting purun collection, to avoid fire risk and disturbance to canal blocking and revegetation on degraded peatland.

2.    Introducing paludiculture food crop species (such as water spinach, bitter melon, etc.) to be cultivated by farmers in wetted peatland

3.    Documenting daily practices of purun group, to be uploaded in youtube account of environmental ambassador/public figure (such as Nadine Chandrawinata), the AdSense/benefit from this video will be used to finance the livelihood of the purun groups. The video will promote peatland restoration and purun products

4.    The video will also promote the activity/peatland as ecotourism destination. I will also collaborate with schools/universities/youth groups to promote the video or to invite them to visit purun sites. The revenue from tourism will be used to support purun livelihood.

o   Ecotourism will also support market creation of purun products

o   Collaboration with youth groups will persuade them to buy environmentally friendly products such as purun woven 

5.    Inviting purun farmers to support measuring progress of canal blocking and revegetation on degraded peatlands.

 

 

Intended impact

  • ·           Guideline for safe purun collection > purun farmers can practice their livelihood with lower fire risk and no disturbance to canal blocking and revegetation activities
  • ·           Introducing paludiculture; local communities have diversified income/livelihood that does not drain/threaten peatland
  • ·           Youtube video of purun/paludiculture practice, and Ecotourism; to raise public awareness to peatland restoration/sustainable peat management and the public aware of sustainable peat products; resulted in funding for business of purun group
  • ·           Participative M-E; collected data of progress of canal blocking (water table on peatland) and revegetation (tree growth). This data is important to measure the impact of peatland restoration and determining the best practice.

Key stakeholders

  • ·           Local university/research institute/ local NGO
  • ·           Purun farmers, purun weaver group, village head
  • ·           Environmental youtuber
  • ·           Ecotourism provider
  • ·           Peat restoration agency, local government agency
  • ·           Tourism agency

 


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