Project Locations - Year 1

The Forest Restoration Project: SDGs Together is a collaboration project between Belantara Foundation and APP (Japan) and their stakeholders. This project aims to restore degraded peatland areas in Giam Siak Kecil Bukit Batu Biosphere Reserve.

Starting from 2020, we aim to restore at least 10 hectares of degraded peatland every year. On the first year of this project, we restore degraded peatland in two locations:

Location for planting phase 1

• Coordinate: X: 101° 56' 20,197" E, Y: 1° 21' 4,965" N
• Pre-condition (before restoration): areas are covered with shrubs, grasses, ferns, and 20-30% of trees. This area is located in protected areas inside PT Sekato Pratama Makmur concession.
• Total area: 5 hectares

Location for planting phase 2

• Coordinate: X: 101° 50' 43,290" E, Y: 1° 26' 38,870" N
• Pre-condition (before restoration): The area is degraded peat swamp and covered with shrubs, grasses, ferns, and 5-15% trees. This area is located in protected areas inside PT Bukit Batu Hutani Alam concession.
• Total area: 10 hectares

Both locations are located inside a peat hydrological unit system called Sungai Rokan - Sungai Siak Kecil. These areas are also categorized as peat domes, which means these are part of the peat hydrological unit that are elevated higher than the surrounding. As peat domes area, these locations highly store carbon above and below its ground level.

We chose this locations because of following reasons:

1. The areas are inside protected zones of a concession area, which means these areas will not be used for other purposes other than for forest protection purposes.
2. The areas are relatively easy to access.
3. The areas still have live stand trees and are not fully covered by shrubs, grasses, and ferns.
4. The area is inside Giam Siak Kecil Bukit Batu Biosphere Reserve.
5. The area usually is not flooded during rainy season.

Writer: Gigit Pratama Ginarso
Editor: Soni Setia Budiawan