Building knowledge management for better policy and strategy of peatland restoration in Indonesia: inputs from stakeholders

Tropical peatland in Indonesia experiences massive degradation due to the high pressures of anthropogenic ventures that triggered the disaster, which calls for peatland restoration. This restoration requires comprehensive knowledge in designing and transforming appropriate policy and has become a challenging part of peatland restoration. This research discusses the insights from stakeholders concerning knowledge management to support the policy and strategy of Indonesia’s peatland restoration. The survey was conducted on 72 respondents. Most of the respondents (95.8%) know about the existing tropical peatland in Indonesia. Respondents also elaborated on various sources of peatland knowledge through (1) online scientific search engine; (2) discussion and interview; (3) workshop and conference; (4) observation and experience. We found that 81.9% of respondents have a basic understanding of knowledge management, and 94.4% of respondents agree on the role of social media in knowledge management. Respondents highlighted some points for building knowledge management, including sharing knowledge mechanisms, exploring local knowledge, organizing knowledge, and building an informative platform. Collaboration work is the key in the digital era for this context. Utilizing social media would be an attractive package to shape the policy and strategy in raising public awareness, building networks, and improving sharing knowledge mechanisms.