Research points to a new way to save peatland that benefits communities while preventing forest fires
by , , , and -One of the way to reduce the risk of forest and land fires is to restore (restore) peatlands to at least a wet state.
One of the way to reduce the risk of forest and land fires is to restore (restore) peatlands to at least a wet state.
From clean water provision to storm protection, forests provide benefits for everyone—even those who live in the concrete jungle.
The recent WRI working paper, "How Can Indonesia Achieve its Climate Change Mitigation Goal? An Analysis of Potential Emissions Reductions from Energy and Land-Use Policies," examines the mitigation potential of Indonesia’s existing policies in the land-use and energy sectors, which together account for 80 percent of Indonesia’s emissions.