Development and Empowerment of Peatland Ecosystem (Analysis of the PeatEcosystem Recovery and Development Program in the Districts of KutaiKartanegara and East Kutai, East Kalimantan Province)

The province of east kalimantan has significant peatlands. covering an area of 700,000 ha,spread across kutai kartanegara regency, east kutai regency and west kutai regency. this valuableasset must be empowered to be efficient for the life of the surrounding ecosystem. swamp and freshwaterfish habitat that is around peatlands is a natural potential that has historically been of economic value,which is a condition to be developed on the basis of an empowerment model. the people who live aroundthe swamp and peat have traditionally made swamps and fish their main livelihoods. it is appropriate thatthe empowerment of peat ecosystems is one of the targets and strategic development agenda, with thesupport of recommendations from the results of scientific and professional studies. analysis of the study that began in the period april - november 2016 on the program of recoveryand development of peat ecosystems, is one of the innovations to control the damage to peat ecosystemsin order to provide solutions and new hopes for peat ecosystem recovery with the target of achievingsustainable prosperity. in 2019 the results of the analysis of this study have been verified and consideredas a periodic monitoring and evaluation tool.analysis of the study was conducted in a participatory manner with the participatory ruralappraisal (pra) principle. a number of analytical tools used by the process of finding data include theformation of a peat ecosystem recovery and control work team (tk-ppeg), preparation of a peatecosystem-based social map, transect walk, and preparation of program options which are then packagedin the form of a community work plan (rkm). the recommended forms of strategic programs includestabilizing water status on peatlands by building canal blocking and developing agriculturaldemonstration plots or fish cultivation.the method of collecting data and information is done through observation, interviews andfocused discussion or what is commonly called a focus group discussion (fgd). the data generated fromthe pra tool is then analyzed descriptively to illustrate the strategies and programs that are the solution inthe efforts to restore and control the peat ecosystem. a critical note is that the management of the peatland hydrological area for agricultural and fishery commodities, must pay attention to their suitabilityfor their utilization and use space. another aspect is the optimization of community participation in eachstage.