newsletter vol 2 issue 12 aug-oct 2011

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FF Fire Detection andFire Prediction

CA Carbon Assesment

CM CarbonManagement

PM Integrated PeatManagement

Volume 2, Issue 12

August-October, 2011

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Workshop Recommendation 2

GCF-2011 Annual Meeting 2

Workshops Photos 3

Firefighting system in UNPAR 4

New Student in HOKUDAI 4

Aerial and ground survey 5

Commemorating a collegaue 5

The Next Events 6

About BSN, Indonesia 6

New Book & Proceeding 7

Newsletter advisory team: Prof. Mitsuru Osaki, Dr. Hidenori Takahashi, Prof. Toshihisa Honma, Prof. Takashi Hirano, Dr. Bambang Setiadi and Dr. Suwido H. LNewsletter editorial staffs: Dr. Hendrik Segah (Coordinator), Mr. Kazuyo Hirose, Dr. Satomi Shiodera, Dr. Anthony Chittenden, Ms. Eriko Momoda, and Ms. HiroNewsletter editorial contact: [email protected]@census.hokudai.ac.jp

Palangka Raya (INDONESIA), 22-24 September 2011

Sponsored by JST and JICA; Organized by UNPAR and Hokkaido University

A total more than 150participants from 10countries (Indonesia,Japan, China, Malaysia,Netherland, Australia,Germany, Finland,Denmark and USA)attended the 3rdInternational Workshop"Wild Fire and CarbonManagement in Peat-

Forest in Indonesia" inPalangka Rayarepresenting variousresearch institutes,universities, privatecompanies, bilateralprojects, national andlocal government levelswith 42 oral presentationsand 38 posters have beenshared during the

workshop (22-24September 2011).

Three awards were givento the best posters duringthe specific posterpresentation period andselected by all ofparticipants:

The 1st Best PosterStudy of the fireeffects on behavior oforganic matters inpeat soil byWakimoto Takatoshi,et al. (Univ. ofToyama, JAPAN)

The 2nd Best Poster:Physico-chemicalpollution assessmentof rivers; acomparative study

between developed anddeveloping countries byTajuddin Sikder, et al.(Hokkaido Univ., JAPAN)

The 3rd Best Poster:Characteristics of theregional groundwatermovement and itsmodeling in the Block-CNorth area by IshiiYoshiyuki, et al.(Hokkaido Univ., JAPAN)

Workshop`s summary andrecommendations can bedownloaded from thefollowing link:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/43630040/Summary_of_3rd_International_Workshop_22-24_Sept-2011.pdf

Fig. 1. All participants and speakers at the opening ceremony (Aquarius Boutique Hotel, Palangka Raya)
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WORKS

HOPREPORTS

Wild F ire and Carbon Management in Peat-Forest in Indonesia page 2


Organized by Central Kalimantan Province Government

to integrate ReducingEmissions from Deforestationand Forest Degradation (REDD)and other forest carbonactivities into emerginggreenhouse gas (GHG)compliance regimes in theUnited States and elsewhere.

JST-JICA ProjectWild Fire andCarbon Management in Peat-Forest in Indonesiaparticipated on this occasion

The GCF-2011 Annual Meetingwas held on last September 20-22, 2011 in Palangka Raya(Central Kalimantan,Indonesia).

The Governors Climate andForests Task Force (GCF) is asub-national collaborationbetween 15 states andprovinces from the UnitedStates, Brazil, Indonesia,

Nigeria, and Mexico that seeks

during the poster exhibitionsession (Photos on Page 3)and the presentation at thestakeholder side eventdelivered by Prof. MitsuruOsaki was entitled:

Comprehensive MRV Systemfrom the Long TermObservation.

Source:http://www.gcftaskforce.org


2. As initial step towardsempowerment and bettercoordination amongresearchers in Kalimantanproposed an universitynetwork (tentatively)known as the TransKalimantan UniversitiesNetwork(Trans Kal-UN)consisting of 5 Indonesianstate universities inKalimantan (University ofPalangka Raya/UNPAR,University of

Mulawarman/UNMUL,University of LambungMangkuran/UNLAM,University of TanjungPura/UNTAN andUniversity of Borneo/UB)with: (1) Proposed vision:

a quality and accountableresearch of Kalimantanregional universities insupport of theimplementation ofstrategies to promoteglobal climate and

sustainable developmentfor future generation. (2)Proposed mission: Tostrengthen and empowerthe regional scientists toget more actively involvedby improving our regionalcooperation and

1. Related to CentralKalimantan Province asthe REDD-plus PilotProject in Indonesia, thereare some notes andrecommendations: (1)Necessary to developstrong coordination &synchronization withKOMDA REDD-plusKalteng, local/indigineouscommunities, NGO`s,private sectors and govt-led demo activities on

REDD-plus, (2) Necessaryto avoid overlappingclaims in terms of areas,outputs, activities &targets, (3) Essential togive mandate for sub-national institution (if any)to coordinate wholeinitiatives in the subnational & leadingcommunication role withthe National, (4)Necessary to acknowledge& accommodate local

knowledge & wisdomsinto REDD-plus initiatives,(5) Engage local &traditional communities as

rights holders, insteadof just stakeholders ofthe REDD-plus.

collaboration. To intensifycommunication,coordination in researchactivities. To share thedata across the network.

3. To construct integratedmanagement of peatlandin SE Asia, should workwith local communitiesand use local knowledge.For making integratedmanagement plans, it isimportant to perform

sustainable agricultureusing incentive drivenapproaches.

4. Rehabilitation,reforestation/restorationand sustainable forestmanagement are veryimportant in order tocombine the purposes ofbiodiversity conservationand carbonsequestration. Therefore,it is essential that

community engagements,sustainable managementand improvedmanagement areincluded in variouscarbon projects as REDD-plus.
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Photo captions:

(6) The Governor of Central Kalimantan Province (Mr. A. Teras Narang) delivers his opening remarks.(7) The Governor of East Kalimantan Province (Dr. H. Awang Faroek Ishak) in front of JST-JICA Project posters.(8) Presentation at GCF-2011 stakeholders side event delivered by Prof. Mitsuru Osaki (Hokkaido University).(9) Poster exhibition session during the GCF-2011 Annual Meeting in Palangka Raya (20-22 September 2011).

PhotosbyMr.KazuyoHirose&Dr.HendrikSegah/HU

Photo captions:

(2) The Secretary of Central Kalimantan Province (Dr. Siun Jarias) gives the opening remarks on Sept. 22nd, 2011.(3) Dr. Muhammad Evri (BPPT) as the workshop moderator during the presentation of Dr. Arief Darmawan (UKP4).(4) Prof. Noriyuki Kobayashi (Nihon University, Japan) gives his comments and questions during the Q&A session.(5) Mr. Seiji Tanabe (Fuji Imvac Inc.) and the UAV during the workshop field trip on Sept. 23rd, 2011.

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Wild F ire and Carbon Management in Peat-Forest in Indonesia Page 4

By Dr. Adi Jaya (UNPAR) and Dr. Hidenori Takahashi (Hokkaido University)

The compact firefightingsystems for peat fires are fittedout at University of PalangkaRaya. The system, whichconsists of a three wheelmotorbike, 700 liter water tank,a water pump, many fire hosesand nozzles, are supported byJST-JICA Project.

The system was tested onAugust 25th, 2011 and used foractual fire fighting of peat firenear houses the next day.

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 Peat-

Forest in Indonesia" (FF Group).

Welcome Pak Rony!

Fig. 10. Three wheel motorbike and water tank

Fig. 11. Water pump Fig. 12. Pumping up water from water canal

Fig. 13. Water squirt test Fig. 14. Fighting peat fire near houses

PhotosbyDr.AdiJaya/UNPAR
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PhotobyLIPI

Forest

Dead trees

Photo captions:

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

Photos

byDr.HiroshiHayasaka/HU

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By Nina Yulianti and Dr. Hiroshi Hayasaka (Hokkaido University)

Commemorating a colleague:We received the sad news that

on October 11th, 2011 our

colleague and friend Dr.

Herwint Simbolonhas passed

away. He died unexpectedly onhis 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

IndonesiaProject.

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.

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.

To understand the role of 2009

fire near Palangka Raya, the

CM1-2 group members (JST-

JICA 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

This activities were supported

by the JST-JICA Project on

Science and Technology

Research Partnership for

Sustainable DevelopmentWild

Fire and Carbon Management

in Peat-Forest in Indonesia
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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

Editor Notes:

This newsletter is a monthly

publication of The JST-JICAProject 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 isOctober 31st, 2011. Please visit the website:http://www.ipc2012.se/

International Conference "New Perspectives of Tropical Forest Rehabilitations: forBetter 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


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 Non-

departmental 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 thedevelopment of science and

technology.

MISSION

In line with the above vision,the mission of BSN is to givereal contributions toeconomic development by:

Developing IndonesianNational Standards (SNI)

Develop a system ofstandards and conformity

assessment of interestand to submit their votesin the development of SNI

Improve public perceptionand participation ofstakeholders in the fieldof standardization andconformity assessment

Develop policies andlegislation forstandardization andconformity assessment

BSN Functions

Assessment and preparatioof national policy in the fieof national standardization

Coordination of functionalactivities in executing the

tasks of BSN; Facilitaties and guidance in

government activities relatto national standardization

Organization of collaboratiactivities in the field ofstandardization withinnational and internationalscope;

Guidance and generaladministration services inthe field of general planninadministration, organizatioand implementation, huma

resources, finance, filing,legal procedures, encodingsupplies and households;

Source:

www.bsn.go.id/bsn/profile.p

(15 Jan. 2011)
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Wild F ire and Carbon Management in Peat-Forest in Indonesia page 7

[Book]Designing Our Future:Perspectives on BioproductionEcosystems and HumanitySustainabil ity Science Series

Editor:Mitsuru Osaki,Ademola Braimoh and

Ken'ich Nakagami

Product DetailsPaperback: 425 pages

Publisher: United Nations University Press

(February 2011)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9280811835

ISBN-13: 978-9280811834

[Proceeding]

Proceedings of 2nd

International Workshop onWild Fire and CarbonManagement in Peat-Forestin IndonesiaPalangka Raya, 28-29 Sept. 2010

Editor:Hidenori Takahashi, et al.

Product DetailsPaperback: 215 pages

Publisher: Hokkaido University (April 2011)

Language: English

[Available on CENSUS homepage]

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