incorporating bioenergy production and landscape restoration: lessons from central kalimantan
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Himlal Baral
Incorporating Bioenergy Production and Landscape Restoration: Lessons from Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
International Workshop on:Developing science- and evidence-based policy and practice of
bioenergy in Indonesia within the context of sustainable development
Bogor, 14 February 2017
Project background and aims
• Bioenergy – one of the most versatile form of renewable energy sources
• Conversion of arable land/native forest for bioenergy ‘Food-energy-environment trilemma’
• Use of degraded or marginal land – as an alternative to produce bioenergy while restoring degraded land
• This project aims: o to identify the potential of sustainable biomass
production on degraded and marginal land; o restoration of degraded land;o supporting rural livelihoods. Photo: CIFOR
Key questions
Q1: How can sustainable bioenergy be developed to avoid the food-energy- environment trilemma with alternative feedstocks while restoring degraded landscapes?
Q2: What are the most promising species to achieve efficient bioenergy production from degraded land in Indonesia? Species characters, productivity and additional environmental values?
Q3: What are the socio-economic and environmental benefits/impacts of energy plantation on degraded land?
Critical land
Conservation area
Non-protected area
Yes
No
Protected area
Land Cover Map
Available
Licensed to a concession
Site available
Suitability analysis
Growth place suitability attribute
Landsystem map
Biophysics attributes
Bioenergy species
Yield estimation
Productivity rate
Potential Bioenergy
in Indonesia
Component I: Reviewing/mapping policies, land availability, species suitability, potential productivity, community perceptions – opportunities and challenges
Component II: Establishing research/demo trial of key bioenergy species (trees not herbaceous plants) in degraded peatland in C Kalimantan
Component III: Laboratory/chemical analysis – fuel/energy productivity/efficiency and suitable business model for smallholders/SMEs
Stakeholder engagement and capacity building: work with local/national partners – universities and community groups
Potential for scaling up these activities and linking to restoration of degraded land for biomass production
Project
activities/components...
Review/stakeholders perception
Action research/ field trial and learning
Laboratory/chemical analysis, Business model Potential for scaling up Photo: CIFOR
Site-specific species selection for bienergy production
Terrestrial soil• n=232 references• n=19 tree species suitable • Tolerances:
Drought, poor and saline soils having pH ranging between 4 – 9
• Potentials:6 – 40 t biomass ha-1 yr-1
2 – 36 t bio-oil ha-1 yr-1
Semi-terrestrial soil (Peat)• Review in progress• 13 pioneer species to produce
biomass• Need to develop appropriate
harvesting technology• 2 MSc students currently
working • Expected to complete by
Apr’2017
Site-specific species selection for bienergy production
Terrestrial soil• n=232 references• n=19 tree species suitable • Tolerances:
Drought, poor and saline soils having pH ranging between 4 – 9
• Potentials:6 – 40 t biomass ha-1 yr-1
2 – 36 t bio-oil ha-1 yr-1
Semi-terrestrial soil (Peat)• Review in progress• 13 pioneer species to produce
biomass• Need to develop appropriate
harvesting technology• 2 MSc students currently working • Expected to complete by
Apr’2017
• Geographic impact – Indonesia, South East Asia,• Institutional impact – Governments, private/ institutional
investors, small and medium enterprises, community groups…
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• Initial results indicate potentials of agroforestry system
• Further investigation is required to identify yield, returns etc.
Interim conclusions and the way forward…
Provides opportunity to restore the degraded land while producing sustainable bioenergy and supporting rural livelihoods…
• Avoids conflicts between food, fuel and environment
• Create jobs opportunities in rural areas – production processing
• Improve energy security
• Contribution to several SDGs
• Further work/investigation is required to answer some emerging issues…(ES trade-offs, tenure/governance, market… )
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