Economic Valuation of Mangrove Ecosystem Services in Sungai Apit District, Siak Regency, Riau Province, Indonesia

Polarimetric synthetic aperture radar application for tropical peatlands classification: a case study in Siak River Transect, Riau Province, Indonesia

Mapping spatial distributions of tropical peatlands is important for properly estimating carbon emissions and for providing information that aids in the sustainable management of tropical peatlands, particularly in Indonesia. This study evaluated the performance of phased array type L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) (PALSAR) dual-polarization and fully polarimetric data for tropical peatlan...

Valuation of Ecosystem Services

Biogas Energy Potential in Riau Indonesia

The increasing of crude oil prices recently in the world, the need for an alternative source of fuel in the Indonesia is urgently required. In addition, growing concern about climate change is driving the need for “low-carbon” fuels. One highly potential form of renewable and low-carbon fuel is biogas from anaerobic digestion of organic wastes. Anaerobic digestion is a naturally occurring proce...

Application of Classification Algorithms in Data Mining for Hotspots Occurrence Prediction in Riau Province Indonesia

High fire occurrence in Riau Province, Indonesia has been going on in the recent years with large areas occurring in the peat soil. In this paper a data mining technique namely classification was applied on forest fire data to develop classification models for hotspots occurrence in Riau Province. The models provide characteristics of areas where active fires occurred. We studied physical data ...

An economic valuation of mangrove restoration in Brazil

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Mangrove Restoration programs Choice experiment Willingness to pay Brazil Mangrove forests are under considerable pressure in many developing countries and Brazil is not an exception to this problem. We investigate preferences for the restoration of mangrove areas in Brazil, using a choice experiment that varies the level and time of restoration. By interacting t...