Regreening is the main objective of Indonesia’s watershed conservation program conducted on critical farmers’ land through farmers’ participation. Initiated in 1976 by a Presidential Instruction the program has the following objectives:•Watershed resource conservation•Farmers’ prosperity improvement (productivity increase).Regreening, executed by the district-level Forestry and Conservation Service, encompasses: •village-level demonstration,•nursery of tree crops and grasses,•community forest, •mixed garden,•check dam,•gully plug.The main effort is spent on the demonstration units and village nurseries
Publication year
1999
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
conservation (storage), crop production, environmental protection
Geographic
Indonesia
