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Natural Climate Solutions

Natural Climate Solution

NCS
2023 MUARA SIRAN An aerial views of tropical peatland forest on Lake Siran, Muara Siran Village, Muara Kaman District, Kutai Kertanegara Regency, East Kalimantan on May 29th, 2023 East Kalimantan has 183,050 ha of peatland, in which 42,200 ha can be found in Muara Siran Village. Within the past decade (2009-2019), 7% of peat swamp forest in East Kalimantan has been converted into other uses. The Muara Siran peatland is crucial for the livelihoods of surrounding communities and provides habitat for many endemic species © NANANG SUJANA for YKAN

What is Natural Climate Solutions (NCS)?

There is growing awareness that the recently coined concept, Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) can significantly help countries to tackle climate change in the effort to stabilize global temperature below 2oCelsius as stated in the Paris Agreement goal. NCS are a suite of protection, restoration, and improved land management strategies that generate climate change mitigation outcomes.

Each NCS strategy represents a discrete and quantifiable type of action to avoid greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and/or increase carbon sequestration from the land sector. Then, how can Indonesia accelerate and strengthen its climate mitigation efforts to contribute to the global climate goals? The NCS is a prominent option to achieve and even increase Indonesia’s climate commitment.

Natural Climate Solution Rewetting Tropical Peatlands

Natural Climate Solution Strategies

Our strategies:

  • Climate Mitigation Potential

    Quantify national NCS climate mitigation potential

  • Ponds

    Tropical Peat Map

    Refine tropical peat map using remote sensing approach

  • GHG Fluxes and Carbon Stock

    Quantify GHG fluxes and carbon stock from various land covers in tropical peatland

  • GHG Emission Accounting

    Reduce uncertainty in GHG emission accounting from rewetted peatland

  • Local Community

    Collaborate with local community to improve sustainable livelihood practices on peatland

Photo Caption LICOR Trace Gas Analyzer Equipped with Smart Chamber © YKAN
Photo Caption Measurement of GHG Fluxes in Peat Swamp Forest (East Kalimantan) © YKAN
Photo Caption The Community that Practices Pineapple Farming on Peatland © YKAN
Photo Caption Measurement of GHG Fluxes in Mixed Agricultural Land (West Kalimantan) © YKAN
Photo Caption Measurement of GHG Fluxes in Oil Palm Plantation (West Kalimantan) © YKAN
× Photo Caption LICOR Trace Gas Analyzer Equipped with Smart Chamber © YKAN
× Photo Caption Measurement of GHG Fluxes in Peat Swamp Forest (East Kalimantan) © YKAN
× Photo Caption The Community that Practices Pineapple Farming on Peatland © YKAN
× Photo Caption Measurement of GHG Fluxes in Mixed Agricultural Land (West Kalimantan) © YKAN
× Photo Caption Measurement of GHG Fluxes in Oil Palm Plantation (West Kalimantan) © YKAN
Anjungan Dalam Village, Mempawah
Peatland Playbook
Bezos Earth Fund – Peatland Playbook GHG Fluxes and Carbon Stock Measurement in Secondary Forest and Oil Palm Plantation
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Antibar Village, Mempawah
Peatland Playbook
GHG Fluxes and Carbon Stock Measurement in Shrubs
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Para, Brazil
Peatland Playbook
GHG Fluxes and Carbon Stock Measurement in Secondary Forest and Pasture Land
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Limbung Village, Kubu Raya
Prototyping
GHG Fluxes Measurement in Mixed
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Rasau Jaya Village, Kubu Raya
Prototyping
GHG Fluxes Measurement in Oil Palm Plantation
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Permata Village, Kubu Raya
Prototyping
GHG Fluxes and Carbon Stock Measurement in Secondary Forest
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Malikian Village, Mempawah
Canal Blocking Improvement and Sustainable Community Livelihood
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Muara Siran Village, Kutai Kertanegara
GHG Fluxes and Carbon Stock Measurement in Peatswamp Ecosystem and Community-based Peatland Protection
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Tabalar Muara Village, Berau
GHG Fluxes and Carbon Stock Measurement in Mangrove Ecosystem and Community-based Mangrove Protection
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Kapuas Hulu
Peatland Protection
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Muara Siran Village, Kutai Kertanegara
Peatland Protection
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Anjungan Dalam Village, Mempawah
Upscalling the GHG Fluxes Measurement from Plot Scale to Landscape Scale
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Publication

Penandatanganan perjanjian kerja sama dalam kegiatan restorasi gambut untuk mitigasi perubahan iklim dan peningkatan penghidupan masyarakat di Kalimantan Barat pada Jumat, 4 Agustus 2023.

BRIN and YKAN Joint Research for Peatland Restoration in West Kalimantan

Pusat Riset Ekologi dan Etnobiologi, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional signed a partnership with Yayasan Konservasi Alam Nusantara to support climate change mitigation efforts.

Peatland restoration practitioners are keeping an eye on carbon and methane emissions that are naturally produced by all wetlands.

Tropical Peatlands Have a Major Role in Climate Change Mitigation

The results of studies by ten local and international experts regarding the role of tropical peat ecosystems and efforts to protect them for climate change solutions.

It is a canal in the peatland ecosystem. Photo Taken 2022-05-31

The Urgency of Protecting Wetlands for a Sustainable Life

The size of the wetland ecosystem in Indonesia is an important asset in a more effective and low-cost nature-based climate change mitigation effort.

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