World Resources InstituteĮxtending the moratorium policy can reduce the rate of peatland conversion to concessions. Slow progress on restoration in concession areas contributed to peat fires. Although the Peatland Restoration Agency had provided technical assistance with restoration to concession holders, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry was slow to approve restoration plans.īy 2018, the MoEF had yet to approve any official restoration plans for concession holders in South Sumatra. Restoration has been slow in concession areas due to excessive bureaucracy. In 2016, the government targeted 656,884ha of peatland, mostly located in concession areas, in South Sumatra to be restored by 2020.Īs of 2018, the Peatland Restoration Agency had restored 102,902ha.

Moratorium can increase restorationĮxtending the moratorium can help ensure restoration progress, especially in plantation concession areas.

5 of 2019 to stop new licenses to convert peatlands, as an improvement of the moratorium policy. In August 2019, Jokowi stipulated Presidential Instruction No. 13,061 ha peat fires in oil palm plantations in 2015 World Resources InstituteĪlthough the extension cannot fully stop peatland conversions, it significantly reduced the rate of conversion in peatland by 24% – from 45,714ha per year in 2003-2010 to 34,587ha per year in 2015-2018

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