By: Sudibyo Wiradji. Originally published in The Jakarta Post on August 17, 2021 Sumatra is home to a large proportion of the peatlands of Indonesia and that is why fortified efforts to protect the peatland ecosystem on the island are indispensable as the forest fire-triggering dry season has arrived. Out of the total 14.9 million hectares of peatland in Indonesia, about 6.4 million ha, 43.2 percent, are found on Sumatra. However, some of these peatlands have been drained, which leads to land … [Read more...]