Peatland conversion for agriculture is the leading cause of Indonesia's terrestrial carbon emissions that contribute substantially to global warming. Indonesia's peatlands contain 55–57 billion tonnes of carbon, the equivalent of almost 2 years of global carbon emissions at existing rates. This paper examines initiatives to retain soil-based carbon in Indonesia's province of Riau, where over half the surface area is composed of agriculturally productive peatlands. We qualitatively evaluate three types of partnership programmes (bilateral, co-governed and internationally funded local initiatives) in Riau aimed at the sustainable development of peatlands. The article finds that carbon loss is likely to persist in all case studies. Public, private and civil society actors in each partnership have exploited funding and political opportunities to advance agendas not directly related to the environment. The administrative category of the peatland hydrological unit as an ecologically meaningful scale of peatland governance is also under-utilised by the partnerships studied.

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碳汇的可持续发展？印度尼西亚三种泥炭地伙伴关系的经验教训

将泥炭地转化为农业是印度尼西亚陆地碳排放的主要原因，这对全球变暖有很大贡献。印度尼西亚的泥炭地含有 55-570 亿吨碳，按现有速度计算，相当于全球近 2 年的碳排放量。本文研究了印度尼西亚廖内省保留土壤碳的举措，该省一半以上的表面积是由农业生产的泥炭地组成的。我们定性地评估了廖内旨在泥炭地可持续发展的三种类型的伙伴关系计划（双边、共同管理和国际资助的地方倡议）。文章发现，碳损失可能会在所有案例研究中持续存在。上市，每个伙伴关系中的私人和民间社会行为者都利用资金和政治机会推进与环境没有直接关系的议程。作为具有生态意义的泥炭地治理规模，泥炭地水文单元的行政类别也未被所研究的伙伴关系充分利用。