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Tropical Peatland Eco-management

  • Provides a review of tropical peatland eco-management

  • Proposes an innovated water management in tropical peatland

  • Describes the enhancement of natural capital function in tropical peatland

  • Discusses the carbon-water cycle in tropical peatland

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Principle Concept on “Eco-Management” of Tropical Peatland

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Basic Information About Tropical Peatland Ecosystems

      • Mitsuru Osaki, Tsuyoshi Kato, Takashi Kohyama, Hidenori Takahashi, Akira Haraguchi, Kazuo Yabe et al.
      Pages 3-62
    3. Principles of Eco-Management in a Large-Scale Ecosystem of Tropical Peatland

      • Tsuyoshi Kato, Mitsuru Osaki, Nobuyuki Tsuji, Sisva Silsigia
      Pages 63-86
  3. Innovative Eco-Management of Tropical Peatland: Water and Carbon Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
    2. Large-Scale Practice on Tropical Peatland Eco-Management

      • Tsuyoshi Kato, Sisva Silsigia, Asep Andi Yusup, Mitsuru Osaki
      Pages 89-134
    3. Coexistence of Humans and Nature in Tropical Peatlands

      • Tsuyoshi Kato, Sisva Silsigia, Asep Andi Yusup, Mitsuru Osaki
      Pages 135-161
    4. Evaluation of Eco-Management of Tropical Peatlands

      • Nobuyuki Tsuji, Tsuyoshi Kato, Mitsuru Osaki, Albert Sulaiman, Guruh S. Ajie, Keiji Kimura et al.
      Pages 163-196
    5. Natural Capital-Based Societies in the Tropics

      • Mitsuru Osaki, Nobuyuki Tsuji, Tsuyoshi Kato, Manabu D. Yamanaka, Albertus Sulaiman, Sisva Silsigia et al.
      Pages 197-245
  4. Innovative Eco-Management of Tropical Peatland: AeroHydro Culture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247
    2. Principles of AeroHydro Culture

      • Rahmawati I. Wetadewi, Mitsuru Osaki, Maman Turjaman, Sarjiya Antonius, Didiek Hadjar Goenadi, Dedi Nursyamsi et al.
      Pages 249-283
    3. Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) and Compost Materials for AeroHydro Culture

      • Sarjiya Antonius, Dwi Agustiyani, Tirta Kumala Dewi, Nur Laili, Mitsuru Osaki
      Pages 301-325
    4. Biochar for the Improvement of Peatland and Suboptimal Land

      • Eni Maftuah, Anna Hairani, Ani Susilawati, Hendri Sosiawan, Dedi Nursyamsi, Mitsuru Osaki
      Pages 337-361
    5. Sago Palm Practice as Natural AeroHydro Culture

      • Agustinus P. Tampubolon, Maman Turjaman, Mitsuru Osaki
      Pages 363-377
  5. Comprehensive Management of Tropical Peatland

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 379-379
    2. Management Practice and Restoration of the Peat Swamp Forest in Katingan-Mentaya, Indonesia

      • Taryono Darusman, Dwi Puji Lestari, Desra Arriyadi
      Pages 381-409
    3. Climate-Responsible Management of Tropical Peatlands: The Need for Integrated MRV for Tropical Peatland Ecosystem

      • Haruni Krisnawati, Wahyu Catur Adinugroho, Rinaldi Imanuddin
      Pages 443-462

About this book

In this "Tropical Peatland Eco-management" book, eco-management is new terminology as an abbreviation of "ecology-based management for natural capital enhancement". Key concept on this eco-management is derived from previous book: "Tropical Peatland Ecosystem"(Springer, 2015, eds. by M. Osaki and N. Tsuji). 

Based on this new concept, this book thoroughly examines tropical peatland eco-management for scientists, political decision makers, governmental officials, land managers, students, and NGO/NPOs who are interested in 1) what the impact of peatland on climate change and ecosystem function, 2) how the management of disturbed peatland, and 3) drawing global scale restoration mechanisms of peatland and wetland. 

In tropical peatland, a large amount of GHGs (carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide) is emitted due to the unappropriate development and inadequate management of peatland. The peatland ecosystems consist of the carbon–water complex, which is affected easily by the impact of human and climate change. Throughout much research of tropical peatland, the problems that result from development of tropical peatland are found to stem mainly from a lack of understanding of the complexities of this ecosystem and the fragility of the relationship between peat and forest and also between carbon and water.

In past, almost all peatland development and management system have been generally designed on “water drainage system”. On the contrast of old system, an innovated eco- management is, here, proposed as “water irrigation system”, including water cycling and natural capital enhancement. Through this book readers will learn the advanced peatland eco-management, with more practical methods and procedure based on ecosystem knowledge. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

    Mitsuru Osaki

  • Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Associate Research Fellow The Small Island Research Centre, University Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

    Nobuyuki Tsuji

  • Badan Restorasi Gambut, Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG), Republic of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

    Nazir Foead

  • School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

    Jack Rieley

About the editors

Mitsuru Osaki
Emeritus Professor of Hokkaido University, Japan and President of Japan Peatland Society, Japan

Nobuyuki Tsuji
Member of Japan Peatland Society, Japan. He was Associate Professor at Center for Sustainability Science, Hokkaido University, Japan and Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, University Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia.

Nazir Foead
Chief of Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG), Republic of Indonesia

Jack Rieley
The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tropical Peatland Eco-management

  • Editors: Mitsuru Osaki, Nobuyuki Tsuji, Nazir Foead, Jack Rieley

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4654-3

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-33-4653-6Published: 10 April 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-33-4656-7Published: 11 April 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-33-4654-3Published: 09 April 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 817

  • Number of Illustrations: 85 b/w illustrations, 259 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Environmental Management, Climate Change, Ecosystems, Hydrology/Water Resources

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