Abstract Type: Independent oral presentation
Abstract TitleTranslating a vision to practice for re-creating landscapes: social and environmental dimensions of and principles for peatland restoration in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
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Peatlands in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia are home to Indigenous (Dayak) and non-Indigenous people, and diverse flora and fauna who have all been impacted by the system transformation from the ex-Mega Rice Project. Local and international efforts to re-create and restore the hydrology, ecology and culture seek to bring great benefits to local people and the environment. Drawing on systems thinking, we explore collaborative visioning for sustainable and just peatland restoration in a large research project team (across over 100 people, many disciplines and geographic locations) and how to translate a vision into practice. Methodologically, the research story is in two phases of qualitative and quantitative data collection. First, we develop and utilise a collaborative visioning approach that combines a Delphi survey with focus group discussions to bring together practitioners from across Indonesia and Australia. This approach enables capturing diverse perspectives and understandings while forming a consolidated vision. Second, we explore how to translate this vision for Indonesian peatland restoration to practice in Central Kalimantan through expert interviews. The experts were not a part of the research team and were asked how the vision could be translated into practice and they shared opportunities and challenges about this vision and process. The research team analysed the interview data as principles for re-creating and restoring peatlands. We share the vision, visioning process, and the principles for translating it to practice, with implications for landscape restoration around the world. We explore the importance of researcher reflexivity in visioning, the value of systems thinking and the framing of a vision as a dynamic, shared product that is continuously negotiated. We reflect on the next phase for exploring a new practice for local communities to develop visions for restoring their home peatland.
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Presenter Information
First Name Andrea |
Last Name Rawluk |
Affiliation University of Melbourne |
Author(s) Information
Author | First Name | Last Name | Affiliation |
1 | Andrea | Rawluk | University of Melbourne |
2 | Tessa | Toumbourou | University of Melbourne |
3 | Sri | Lestari | Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional RI/The National Research and Innovation Agency of The Republic of Indonesia |
4 | Kushartati | Budiningsih | Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional RI/The National Research and Innovation Agency of The Republic of Indonesia |
5 | Triwira | Yuwatihh | Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional RI/The National Research and Innovation Agency of The Republic of Indonesia |
6 | Dony | Rachmanadi | Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional RI/The National Research and Innovation Agency of The Republic of Indonesia |
7 | Niken | Sakuntaladewi | Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional RI/The National Research and Innovation Agency of The Republic of Indonesia |
8 | Bondan | Win | Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional RI/The National Research and Innovation Agency of The Republic of Indonesia |
9 | Sarah | Treby | RMIT University |
10 | Sam | Grover | RMIT University |