JST-JICA PROJECT NEWSLETTER

Volume 2, Issue 12 August-October, 2011

Wild Fire and Carbon Management in Peat-Forest in Indonesia

Headline
The 3rd International Workshop "Wild Fire and Carbon Management in Peat-Forest in Indonesia"
Palangka Raya (INDONESIA), 22-24 September 2011 Sponsored by JST and JICA; Organized by UNPAR and Hokkaido University
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Workshop Recommendation 2 GCF-2011 Annual Meeting Workshops Photos 2 3

Firefighting system in UNPAR 4 New Student in HOKUDAI Aerial and ground survey 4 5

A total more than 150 participants from 10 countries (Indonesia, Japan, China, Malaysia, Netherland, Australia, Germany, Finland, Denmark and USA) attended the 3rd International Workshop "Wild Fire and Carbon

workshop (22-24 September 2011). Three awards were given to the best posters during the specific poster presentation period and selected by all of participants: The 1st Best Poster Study of the fire effects on behavior of organic matters in peat soil by Wakimoto Takatoshi, et al. (Univ. of Toyama, JAPAN) The 2nd Best Poster: Physico-chemical pollution assessment of rivers; a comparative study

between developed and developing countries by Tajuddin Sikder, et al. (Hokkaido Univ., JAPAN) The 3rd Best Poster: Characteristics of the regional groundwater movement and its modeling in the Block-C North area by Ishii Yoshiyuki, et al. (Hokkaido Univ., JAPAN)

Commemorating a collegaue 5 The Next Events About BSN, Indonesia New Book & Proceeding 6 6 7

Management in PeatForest in Indonesia" in

Palangka Raya representing various research institutes, universities, private companies, bilateral projects, national and local government levels with 42 oral presentations and 38 posters have been shared during the

Workshop`s summary and recommendations can be downloaded from the following link:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/43630040/ Summary_of_3rd_International_Wor kshop_22-24_Sept-2011.pdf

JST-JICA Project Groups:

FF Fire Detection and Fire Prediction Carbon Assesment Carbon Management Integrated Peat Management Fig. 1. All participants and speakers at the opening ceremony (Aquarius Boutique Hotel, Palangka Raya)
Newsletter advisory team: Prof. Mitsuru Osaki, Dr. Hidenori Takahashi, Prof. Toshihisa Honma, Prof. Takashi Hirano, Dr. Bambang Setiadi and Dr. Suwido H. Limin Newsletter editorial staffs: Dr. Hendrik Segah (Coordinator), Mr. Kazuyo Hirose, Dr. Satomi Shiodera, Dr. Anthony Chittenden, Ms. Eriko Momoda, and Ms. Hiromi Sato Newsletter editorial contact: [email protected] or [email protected]

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Photo by Dr. Shingo Tanaka/HU

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Recommendations of the 3rd International Workshop "Wild Fire and Carbon Management in Peat-Forest in Indonesia
Palangka Raya (INDONESIA), 22-24 September 2011
1. Related to Central Kalimantan Province as the REDD-plus Pilot Project in Indonesia, there are some notes and recommendations: (1) Necessary to develop strong coordination & synchronization with KOMDA REDD-plus Kalteng, local/indigineous communities, NGO`s, private sectors and govtled demo activities on REDD-plus, (2) Necessary to avoid overlapping claims in terms of areas, outputs, activities & targets, (3) Essential to give mandate for subnational institution (if any) to coordinate whole initiatives in the sub national & leading communication role with the National, (4) Necessary to acknowledge & accommodate local knowledge & wisdoms into REDD-plus initiatives, (5) Engage local & traditional communities as rights holders, instead of just stakeholders of the REDD-plus. 2. As initial step towards empowerment and better coordination among researchers in Kalimantan proposed an university network (tentatively) known as the Trans collaboration. To intensify communication, coordination in research activities. To share the data across the network. 3. To construct integrated management of peatland in SE Asia, should work with local communities and use local knowledge. For making integrated management plans, it is important to perform sustainable agriculture using incentive driven approaches. Rehabilitation, reforestation/restoration and sustainable forest management are very important in order to combine the purposes of biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration. Therefore, it is essential that community engagements, sustainable management and improved management are included in various carbon projects as REDDplus.

Kalimantan Universities Network (Trans Kal-UN)

consisting of 5 Indonesian state universities in Kalimantan (University of Palangka Raya/UNPAR, University of Mulawarman/UNMUL, University of Lambung Mangkuran/UNLAM, University of Tanjung Pura/UNTAN and University of Borneo/UB) with: (1) Proposed vision: a quality and accountable research of Kalimantan regional universities in support of the implementation of strategies to promote global climate and sustainable development for future generation. (2) Proposed mission: To strengthen and empower the regional scientists to get more actively involved by improving our regional cooperation and

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The Governors Climate and Forest Task Force (GCF) Annual Meeting 2011
Palangka Raya (INDONESIA), 20-22 September 2011 Organized by Central Kalimantan Province Government
The GCF-2011 Annual Meeting was held on last September 2022, 2011 in Palangka Raya (Central Kalimantan, Indonesia). The Governors Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF) is a sub-national collaboration between 15 states and provinces from the United States, Brazil, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Mexico that seeks to integrate Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) and other forest carbon activities into emerging greenhouse gas (GHG) compliance regimes in the United States and elsewhere. JST-JICA Project Wild Fire and Carbon Management in PeatForest in Indonesia participated on this occasion during the poster exhibition session (Photos on Page 3) and the presentation at the stakeholder side event delivered by Prof. Mitsuru Osaki was entitled: Comprehensive MRV System

from the Long Term Observation.

Source: http://www.gcftaskforce.org/

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PHOTOS: The 3rd International Workshop "Wild Fire and Carbon Management in Peat-Forest in Indonesia
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Photo captions: The Secretary of Central Kalimantan Province (Dr. Siun Jarias) gives the opening remarks on Sept. 22 nd, 2011. Dr. Muhammad Evri (BPPT) as the workshop moderator during the presentation of Dr. Arief Darmawan (UKP4). Prof. Noriyuki Kobayashi (Nihon University, Japan) gives his comments and questions during the Q&A session. Mr. Seiji Tanabe (Fuji Imvac Inc.) and the UAV during the workshop field trip on Sept. 23 rd, 2011.

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Photo captions: The Governor of Central Kalimantan Province (Mr. A. Teras Narang) delivers his opening remarks. The Governor of East Kalimantan Province (Dr. H. Awang Faroek Ishak) in front of JST-JICA Project posters. Presentation at GCF-2011 stakeholders side event delivered by Prof. Mitsuru Osaki (Hokkaido University). Poster exhibition session during the GCF-2011 Annual Meeting in Palangka Raya (20-22 September 2011).

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A compact firefighting system for peat fire in UNPAR

By Dr. Adi Jaya (UNPAR) and Dr. Hidenori Takahashi (Hokkaido University)
The compact firefighting systems for peat fires are fitted out at University of Palangka Raya. The system, which consists of a three wheel motorbike, 700 liter water tank, a water pump, many fire hoses and nozzles, are supported by JST-JICA Project. The system was tested on August 25th, 2011 and used for actual fire fighting of peat fire near houses the next day.

Fig. 10. Three wheel motorbike and water tank

Fig. 11. Water pump

Fig. 12. Pumping up water from water canal

Photos by Dr. Adi Jaya/UNPAR

Fig. 13. Water squirt test

Fig. 14. Fighting peat fire near houses

New Indonesian Student

We are delighted to introduce Mr. Rony Teguh as a new student (Ph.D Program) at the Laboratory of Co-Creation, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University (Sapporo, JAPAN) from October 2011 under supervisor Prof. Toshihisa Honma and supported by MEXT Scholarship, Japanese Government. Mr. Rony Teguh also a lecturer at the University of Palangka Raya (UNPAR) and the member of the JST-JICA Project "Wild Fire and

Carbon Management in PeatForest in Indonesia" (FF Group).

Welcome Pak Rony!

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Aerial & ground surveys after severe fire of 2009

By Nina Yulianti and Dr. Hiroshi Hayasaka (Hokkaido University)
To understand the role of 2009 fire near Palangka Raya, the CM1-2 group members (JSTJICA Project) conducted aerial and ground surveys in 2010 (March and September) and 2011 (4 times). Our study focused over Ex-MRP Block C North and Hampangen Educational Forest (HEF) of UNPAR in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Both areas experienced dangerous fires in dry months of 2009. The total number of hotspots (fire) reached 534 and 192 occurrences, respectively. This activities were supported by the JST-JICA Project on Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development Wild Fire and Carbon Management in Peat-Forest in Indonesia

Photos by Dr. Hiroshi Hayasaka/HU

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(15) Survey points in MRP Block C. (16) The aircraft PK-MBC for aerial survey. (17) Forest loss near Block-C Ex-MRP canal.

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Commemorating a colleague: Dr. Herwint Simbolon

We received the sad news that on October 11th, 2011 our colleague and friend Dr. Herwint Simbolon has passed away. He died unexpectedly on his 55th birthday. He was born in Ramunia, Deli Serdang, North Sumatera on October 11th, 1956. He took his PhD and graduated from Kagoshima University in 1993. He worked for the Research Center of Biology LIPI and as a key-person in many research projects between Indonesia and Japan, including JST-JICA Wild Fire and Carbon Management in Peat-Forest in Indonesia Project. Our community is shocked, voiceless and very sad. He will be missed by all of us, by his colleagues and all young scientists. We have lost one of our experts on Peat-swamp Forest Ecology. Our thoughts go to his family, relatives in Indonesia, colleagues and friends dispersed around the world.

Photo by LIPI

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Editor Notes:
This newsletter is a monthly publication of The JST-JICA Project Wild Fire and Carbon Management in Peat-Forest in Indonesia. Ideas expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent of the official views of JST-JICA. We invite research reports from each group in order for the next newsletter.

The 14th International Peat Congress, in Stockholm, Sweden on 3-8 June 2012, organized by International Peat Society (IPS). Deadline for abstract submission is October 31st, 2011. Please visit the website: http://www.ipc2012.se/ International Conference "New Perspectives of Tropical Forest Rehabilitations: for Better Forest Function and Management hosted by Forestry Faculty of Gadjah Mada University, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 17-20 October 2011. http://www.fkt.ugm.ac.id/en

About National Standardization Agency of Indonesia

National Standardization Body (BSN) was established with reference to Presidential Decree No. 13 of 1997, which was later amended by Presidential Decree No. 166 of 2000 regarding Position, Duties, Function, Authorities, Organization Chart as well as Working Conditions of Nondepartmental Government Institutions. In 2001, BSN become a non-departmental government institution with the prime responsibility to develop and conduct standardization activities in Indonesia by Presidential Decree No. 103 Year 2001. This agency was established to replace the function of the National Standardization Council DSN. In performing its tasks, the National Standardization Agency refers to Government Regulation No. 102 of 2000 regarding National Standardization. 2010 - 2014 Vision: Being a trusted institution in developing Indonesian National Standards to improve the competitiveness of the national economy in accordance with the development of science and technology. MISSION In line with the above vision, the mission of BSN is to give real contributions to economic development by: BSN Functions Assessment and preparation of national policy in the field of national standardization; Coordination of functional activities in executing the tasks of BSN; Facilitaties and guidance in government activities related to national standardization; Organization of collaboration activities in the field of standardization within national and international scope; Guidance and general administration services in the field of general planning, administration, organization and implementation, human resources, finance, filing, legal procedures, encoding, supplies and households;
Source: www.bsn.go.id/bsn/profile.php (15 Jan. 2011)

Developing Indonesian
National Standards (SNI)

Develop a system of
standards and conformity assessment of interest and to submit their votes in the development of SNI Improve public perception and participation of stakeholders in the field of standardization and conformity assessment Develop policies and legislation for standardization and conformity assessment

National Standardization Agency of Indonesia

(BSN)
Gedung Manggala Wanabakti, Blok IV lantai 3-4. Jl. Gatot Subroto. Senayan - Jakarta 10270 - INDONESIA

See us at: http://www.bsn.go.id

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INFO New Book and Proceedings

[Book]

Designing Our Future: Perspectives on Bioproduction, Ecosystems and Humanity

Sustainability Science Series
Editor:
Mitsuru Osaki, Ademola Braimoh and Ken'ich Nakagami

Product Details
Paperback: 425 pages Publisher: United Nations University Press (February 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 9280811835 ISBN-13: 978-9280811834

[Proceeding]

Proceedings of 2 n d International Workshop on Wild Fire and Carbon Management in Peat-Forest in Indonesia
Palangka Raya, 28-29 Sept. 2010
Editor:
Hidenori Takahashi, et al.

Product Details
Paperback: 215 pages Publisher: Hokkaido University (April 2011) Language: English [Available on CENSUS homepage] http://www.census.hokudai.ac.jp