Community participation greatly determines the success of a peatland restoration program because people are the core component of its implementation. This research was intended to compare levels of participation in the restoration program between communities in the villages where a governmental intervention program for a good village and peatland governance termed Desa Peduli Gambut had been introduced (DPG villages) and those in non-DPG villages. A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data directly in the field using several relevant questions related to peatland restoration, then the responses to these questions were quantified to measure community participation. The results showed that the community participation in DPG villages had higher mean ranks than in non-DPG villages, indicating higher public awareness of program participation in the former than the latter. Further, the difference in participation level between the two villages was of high significance, which means that the government's intervention through the DPG program is effective in raising public awareness of peatland restoration measures.
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