Peatland Conversion in Catchment Areas in Other Use Areas Impacts and Solutions to Sintang Flood
Keywords:
catchment area, flood, peatland, remote sensing, sintangAbstract
This paper aims to discuss the conversion of catchment areas, especially peatlands, and solutions that it can do to minimize the impact of flooding in the Sintang Regency. Late October to mid-November 2021, there was a flood in Sintang, which affected more than 53,365 people. Triggered by global climate change resulting in extreme rain, there is a lot of speculation about the cause of the flood, including the conversion of land to oil palm plantations. The method used in this paper is a literature study and remote sensing using ESRI. The results indicated that the causes include switching its function, namely peatland in other use areas. The solution to minimizing the impact of flooding from a government perspective is to make policies, and strict supervision of the Regional Spatial Plan (RSP) is determined. The companies must apply HCV to their plantation lands to help restore the forest areas and rehabilitate essential ecosystem areas.
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