Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, HCV Network Indonesia announced that 450,000 hectares of forest area and oil palm plantation areas have been saved or protected into areas with high conservation value. Case Study of “Landscape Level in Kampar Peninsula of Riau Province, Indonesia” The Kampar landscape covers about 671,124 hectares of peat swamp forest, which consist of two large peat domes, with more than 20 meters peat depth (Figure 1). The landscape also has four wildlife reserves, namely Danau Pulau Besar, Tasik Belat, Tasik Metas and Tasik Serkap Wildlife Figure 2. The existing companies in Kampar Peninsula. 58 THE ASIA REGIONAL FORUM ON BIODIVERSITY Reserves. The identification of the site as a Key Biodiversity Area and Important Bird Area also increased the value of Kampar Peninsula and stressed the need to protect the peat swamp forest ecosystem. The distribution of existing companies in the Kampar Penisula map overlaid on the land use system shows that there are 22 companies that focus on logging, forest plantation and palm oil plantation (Figure 2). However, the forest is categorized as partly deforested peat and tends to degrade continuously despite efforts to sustainably manage the area. The Kampar ring, which refers to land around the Kampar Peninsula with peatland less than three Figure 1. The Kampar Peninsula peat swamp forest in Riau Province. meter in depth, is legally possible for plantation but threatened by illegal logging, fire, and uncontrolled drainage, among others. This situation requires immediate, decisive and cohesive intervention by all concerned parties. Based on the HCV assessment for an Industrial Forest Plantation by the Tropenbos Indonesia Programme in cooperation with APRIL and FORDA in 2010, a zoning scheme for Kampar Peninsula was proposed (Figure 3). Details of the proposed zoning of Kampar Peninsula show that protected peatland areas need to be excluded from any activities, except for landscape restoration activities, around 235,518 hectares (35 per cent) from the total area (Table 2). The result of the HCV assessment at landscape scale designated about 35 per cent from the Peninsula to be “conserved and protected” and around 65 per cent to be used as a “limited cultivation area”.
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