Tabat and the Greening of Peat Lands
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
The traditional tabat water system has turned thousands of hectares of peatland at Kahayan Hilir in Central Kalimantan, green again. This traditional method of managing peat areas also prevents forest fires.
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IF you visit Kahayan Hilir, a forested village in the Pulang Pisau regency of Central Kalimantan, you will surely come across a kind of fenceor tabat in the local languagealong the river, made of rows of cajuput (Melaleuca leucadendra) tree trunks. The tabat, which acts as a barrier, runs across numerous points on the Kahayang River and is often covered with tarpaulin and dirt for reinforcement. A tabat can also be made of bamboo. When the dry se
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