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To elucidate how local households position peatlands in their livelihood strategies and to evaluate the feasibility of participatory peatland management policies.

November 30, 2025TropicsOpen Access

How do local people position peatlands in livelihoods? Focusing on life histories in R Village, Riau, Indonesia

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MKMaho KasoriKyushu University NONariaki OndaForestry and Forest Products Research Institute

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Life history survey reveals low economic reliance on peatlands among rural households, indicating substantial barriers to community-based conservation initiatives.

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To elucidate how local households position peatlands in their livelihood strategies and to evaluate the feasibility of participatory peatland management policies.
Conducted a life history survey of 30 households in R Village, Riau Province, Indonesia.
Assessed external socioeconomic drivers, historical employment shifts, land transaction records, and patterns of land accumulation.
Household employment shifted from logging toward agricultural day labor or transport work, with families predominantly engaging with peatland indirectly rather than through direct farming.
Peatland held lower perceived economic value than mineral soil, and households owning only peatland were less reliant on agriculture than those possessing mineral soil land.
Landlessness increased during the early 2000s as local peatlands were progressively sold to absentee landlords, diminishing community incentives to engage in peatland conservation.

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Kasori et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a12ca2fb761793c20c08f9f https://doi.org/10.3759/tropics.ms25-04

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November 30, 2025TropicsOpen Access

How do local people position peatlands in livelihoods? Focusing on life histories in R Village, Riau, Indonesia

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Authors

MKMaho KasoriKyushu University NONariaki OndaForestry and Forest Products Research Institute

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Implication

Life history survey reveals low economic reliance on peatlands among rural households, indicating substantial barriers to community-based conservation initiatives.

Key Points

To elucidate how local households position peatlands in their livelihood strategies and to evaluate the feasibility of participatory peatland management policies.
Conducted a life history survey of 30 households in R Village, Riau Province, Indonesia.
Assessed external socioeconomic drivers, historical employment shifts, land transaction records, and patterns of land accumulation.
Household employment shifted from logging toward agricultural day labor or transport work, with families predominantly engaging with peatland indirectly rather than through direct farming.
Peatland held lower perceived economic value than mineral soil, and households owning only peatland were less reliant on agriculture than those possessing mineral soil land.
Landlessness increased during the early 2000s as local peatlands were progressively sold to absentee landlords, diminishing community incentives to engage in peatland conservation.

Cite This Study

Kasori et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a12ca2fb761793c20c08f9f https://doi.org/10.3759/tropics.ms25-04

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