Enabling Factors of NTFP Business Development for Ecosystem Restoration: The Case of Tamanu Oil in Indonesian Degraded Peatland

Nur Arifatul Ulya (), Edwin Martin, Mamat Rahmat, Bambang Tejo Premono, Leo Rio Ependi Malau, Efendi Agus Waluyo, Andika Imanullah, Abdul Hakim Lukman, Asmaliyah, Armansyah, Dani Saputra, Etik Erna Wati Hadi, Fatahul Azwar, Hengki Siahaan, Purwanto, Mario Damanik, Nuralamin, Raissa Anjani, Sigit Andy Cahyono, Sri Utami and Sri Agustini
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Nur Arifatul Ulya: Research Center for Behavioral and Circular Economics, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Gedung Widya Graha Lantai 4, Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto No.10, Jakarta Selatan 12710, Indonesia
Edwin Martin: Research Center for Society and Culture, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Gedung Sasana Widya Sarwono, Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto No.10, Jakarta Selatan 12710, Indonesia
Mamat Rahmat: Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Manggala Wanabakti Building, 7th Block, 11th Floor, Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto, Center Jakarta 10270, Indonesia
Bambang Tejo Premono: Research Center for Ecology and Ethnobiology, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jalan Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km.46, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia
Leo Rio Ependi Malau: Research Center for Behavioral and Circular Economics, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Gedung Widya Graha Lantai 4, Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto No.10, Jakarta Selatan 12710, Indonesia
Efendi Agus Waluyo: Research Center for Behavioral and Circular Economics, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Gedung Widya Graha Lantai 4, Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto No.10, Jakarta Selatan 12710, Indonesia
Andika Imanullah: Research Center for Applied Zoology, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jl. Raya Bogor Km. 46 Cibinong, Bogor 16911, Indonesia
Abdul Hakim Lukman: Research Center for Plant Conservation, Botanic Gardens, and Forestry, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Gedung Kusnoto Jl. Ir. H. Juanda No. 18, Bogor 10340, Indonesia
Asmaliyah: Research Center for Plant Conservation, Botanic Gardens, and Forestry, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Gedung Kusnoto Jl. Ir. H. Juanda No. 18, Bogor 10340, Indonesia
Armansyah: Research Center for Population, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Gedung Sasana Widya Sarwono, Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto No.10, Jakarta Selatan 12190, Indonesia
Dani Saputra: Research Center for Population, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Gedung Sasana Widya Sarwono, Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto No.10, Jakarta Selatan 12190, Indonesia
Etik Erna Wati Hadi: Research Center for Ecology and Ethnobiology, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jalan Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km.46, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia
Fatahul Azwar: Research Center for Ecology and Ethnobiology, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jalan Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km.46, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia
Hengki Siahaan: Research Center for Ecology and Ethnobiology, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jalan Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km.46, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia
Purwanto: Research Center for Ecology and Ethnobiology, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jalan Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km.46, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia
Mario Damanik: Research Center for Behavioral and Circular Economics, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Gedung Widya Graha Lantai 4, Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto No.10, Jakarta Selatan 12710, Indonesia
Nuralamin: Research Center for Ecology and Ethnobiology, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jalan Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km.46, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia
Raissa Anjani: Research Center for Environmental and Clean Technology, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Gedung 820 Geostech Puspiptek, Serpong, Tangerang Selatan 15314, Indonesia
Sigit Andy Cahyono: Research Center for Ecology and Ethnobiology, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jalan Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km.46, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia
Sri Utami: Research Center for Applied Zoology, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jl. Raya Bogor Km. 46 Cibinong, Bogor 16911, Indonesia
Sri Agustini: Research Center for Agroindustry, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Laboratoria Pengembangan Teknologi Industri Agro dan Biomedika (LAPTIAB), Gedung 614 Kawasan Puspiptek Serpong, Tangerang Selatan 15314, Indonesia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 17, 1-26

Abstract: Indonesia’s tropical peatlands are one of the world’s largest carbon sinks, and they are facing the threat of extensive degradation and conversion. The Indonesian government is committed to peat restoration. However, restoration is still a costly, top-down approach lacking community participation, and is focused on the 3R scheme (rewetting, revegetation, and revitalization). Peatland restoration businesses are part of the innovative effort to finance this endeavor. Unfortunately, there is not much information available about the pre-conditions required to create a restoration business. This study seeks to understand the enabling conditions for the development of peatland restoration, with a focus on the tamanu oil business, and to assess whether the same situation might apply in the context of the restoration of degraded peatland. PEST analysis is used to describe the macro-environmental factors of the tamanu oil business and its development opportunities in degraded peatlands. Tamanu oil-based peat ecosystem restoration businesses offer good prospects because of the growing it has grown the bioenergy and biomedical markets, and they can cover a larger area of degraded peatland landscape. For tamanu oil businesses to succeed in peat ecosystem restoration, we recommend that policy documents at various levels include tamanu as a priority commodity for peatland restoration and alternative community businesses, followed by planting programs by all stakeholders. The government and social organizations must take positions as initiators and catalysts, establish a significant number and extent of pilot tamanu plantations, and create a mutually supportive business climate between entrepreneurs and peatland managers.

Keywords: Calophyllum; ecological restoration; essential oil; forestry enterprise; PEST; peatland hydrological unit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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