Rehabilitation planting on burnt over peat land in the Kepayang Village Forest

Planting on burnt over peat land in the Kepayang Village Forest was a follow up activity to the training on planting and establishing nurseries carried out on Februari 2017. Activities carried out in 13-26 march fell under the direct guidance of Ir. Bastoni M. Si. and Teten Rahman, researchers from the Palembang Environment and Forestry Research and Development Center (BP2LHK). The training involved 11 participants from Dusun II in Kepayang village and Talang Nuaran. Agroforestry system-based planting was planned for 5 ha in addition to the already available 1-ha training demonstration plot, making a total area of 6 ha. The agroforesty system used local species : jelutung, pulai, tembesu, and kayu labu.

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