To a farmer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), focused on earning a living and feeding the family, clearing peatlands in order to plant rice or bananas may seem to be an easier, and faster, approach than employing activities to conserve these fragile, wet ecosystems.
But that attitude could be reversed if farmers were offered “credible, efficient and easily mobilized alternatives,” to clearing peatlands, says Jean Jacques Bambuta, National Coordinator and Focal Point of Peatlands in the DRC. Blog
Seeking sustainable livelihoods for peatland farmers
To a farmer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), focused on earning a living and feeding the family, clearing peatlands in order to plant rice or bananas may seem to be an easier, and faster, approach than employing activities to conserve these fragile, wet ecosystems.
But that attitude could be reversed if farmers were offered “credible, efficient and easily mobilized alternatives,” to clearing peatlands, says Jean Jacques Bambuta, National Coordinator and Focal Point of Peatlands in the DRC. 
