Jakarta, Nov. 28 -- The Peatland and Mangrove Restoration Agency (BRGM) has held a two-day exhibition that showcase the potential of peatland products in South Sumatra to improve people's economy.

BRGM Deputy for Education and Socialization, Participation and Partnership Myrna A Safitri said peatland restoration as well as other environmental development would not run sustainably without considering the economic aspect.

"Therefore, BRGM has used the strategy of 3R, rewetting, revegetation, and revitalization. This economic revitalization has targeted people, that peatland restoration would not harm the public," Safitri said in a statement here on Sunday.

Peatland restoration would not dispossess local people, on the other hand, it supp...