translating wetland research into policy
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Daniel Murdiyarso, CIFORCarl Trettin, USFS
Translating Wetland Research into Policy
Outline
• Introduction
– What is SWAMP?
– Why wetlands are important?
• SWAMP Deliverables
• Impacts pathways and outcomes
• Emerging opportunities
– Bundling adaptation and mitigation strategies
– Enhancing wetland resilience and coastal security
• Key messages
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Partnership is fundamental for program effectiveness
CIFOR
• Land-use change and Biogeochemical cycles
• Remote sensing and modeling
• Communication and outreach
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USDA Forest Service
• Forest inventory and analysis
• Wetland ecology and management
• Restoration ecology
Boundary partners• National universities• National/local NGOs• Government agencies
SWAMP leverages other programs• Carbon Analysis Laboratory
– Univ. Eduardo Mondlane , Mozambique (funded by NSF-PEER)
– Bogor Agric. Univ., Indonesia (funded by State Dept.)
• Total Carbon Estimation in African Mangrove and Coastal Wetlands (funded by NASA)
• East Africa Mangrove Carbon Project (funded by USAID Africa Bureau)
• Carbon stocks and emissions of high altitude tropical peatlands in the Andes (funded by State Department)
• The Kalimantan Wetland s and Climate Change Study (KWACS), funded by USAID Indonesia Mission
• Indonesia Peat Network (IPN), funded by State Department
Why wetlands?
• Wetlands are important in the global carbon cycles• Very high C stocks, some of the highest on the
planet• Highest rates in deforestation/land cover change in
the tropics GHG emissions
• Wetlands provide numerous ecosystem services • Natural sponge flood control• Habitat for rare and endangered species• Coastal systems protect from storms and tsunamis • Breeding and rearing habitat for fish and shellfish• Sources of wood and other forest products• Ecotourism• High biodiversity
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SWAMP Goal and Objectives
The overall goal is to provide policy makers with credible scientific information needed to make sound decisions relating to the role of tropical wetlands in climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies.
The specific objectives are to:• Quantify GHG emissions and C-stocks and
changes• Develop models of ecosystem C-dynamics• Assess the roles of tropical wetland
ecosystems in climate change adaptation• Build the capacity and outreach stakeholders
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Where Do We Work?
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C stocks in
vegetation:
Straightforward
and relatively
inexpensive
Stock change Flux change
Litter fall
Root mortality
Heterotrophic
soil
respiration
Dissolved organic C
Methodology development
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Donato et al. Nature Geoscience (2011)
Indo-Pacific region (30o Lat, 73o Long)
Indonesian archipelago
Murdiyarso et al. Nature CC 2015 (submitted )
Findings: mangroves
• Findings• Ecosystem C stocks 1,083 ± 378 Mg C ha–1
• Soil (78%)• Biomass (20%)• Necromass (2%)
• Total stocks: 3.14 Pg C
• Area
• 1980: 4.2 Mha (FAO 207)• 2000: 3.1 Mha 52,000 ha/yr• 2005: 2.9 Mha (FAO, 2007) (1.4 %/yr)• 2009: 2.6 Mha (MoF, 2009)
• Mangrove loss 6% of the total forest loss
• Mitigation potentials 0. 19 Pg CO2eq yr-1
19% of the total national GHG emissions
Murdiyarso et al. Nature Climate Change 2015 (submitted)
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Findings: peatlands
Murdiyarso et al. PNAS, 2010
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Mapping C and modeling C dynamics
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Gumbricht, 2013
Kurnianto et al.,GCB, 2014
40 SWAMP publications
Peer-reviewed Journals Working papers
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Technical Session at IUFRO World Congress 2014
• Papers: 12 original research and
reviews
• Habitat: peat swamp forests,
mangroves, deltas, water birds
• Region: Africa, South and Meso-
America, Asia and the Pacific
• Issues: CC mitigation and
adaptation
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Wetlands on the web SWAMP project site: www.cifor.org/swamp
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Impact pathways and Outcomes
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1. Introduction2. Drained Inland Organic Soils3. Rewetted Organic Soils4. Coastal Wetlands5. Inland Wetland Organic Soils6. Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater
Treatment7. Cross-cutting Issues and Reporting
http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/home/wetlands.html
Impact pathways and Outcomes
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Impact pathways and Outcomes
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Lidar
Hi-Res Satellite Data
Development of Applications Using High Resolution Remote
Sensing Data to Estimate Mangrove Biomass
Estimation of Canopy Height
Next Step:Evaluate with Field Height and Biomass Data
Source: Lagomasino, NASA, 2015 USDA FOREST SERVICE
Sea-level Rise – IPCC AR5
For RCP8.5, by 2100 0.52 to 0.98
RCP2.6: 0.26 to 0.55 mRCP4.5: 0.32 to 0.63 m RCP6.0: 0.33 to 0.63 m RCP8.5: 0.45 to 0.82 m
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IPCC (2012)
VietnamRepublic of Palau
Sedimentation rate = sea-level rise
MacKenzie et al. (Forthcoming)
Adaptation to CC/SLR
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R-SET and Radionuclides (210 Pb)
2 cm intervalsin the first 20 cm
20 cm intervals up to 1m deep
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• Use of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)• For more accurate estimate of peat volume
Better estimate of peat depth
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New approaches for restoration and sustainable management
Photo by: Ben Brown
Firewood $270k Mangrove Crab $550kEcotourism ??$
Integrating science with local objectives
Bosma et al. 2014
Integrated Associated Separated Idealized?
Key messages• Additional science is needed to
inform public policy-making processes
• The UNFCCC and IPCC remain important fora to deliver wetlands science
• Mitigation-based adaptation may be promoted at all levels across multiple-stakeholders
• Outreach and capacity building to policy and scientific community through trainings are increasingly important
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Future directions for discussionContinue Building the Science Base
• Documenting emissions from degraded wetlands
• Developing robust assessment tools
• Monitoring wetland dynamics
Integration wetlands into national planning and management
• National mapping (e.g. Indonesia - peatlands, Mozambique - mangroves)
• Enhance policy dialogue and outreach in selected USAID countries (e.g.
PNG)
• Developing governance and socio-economic tools to reflect local values of
wetlands into national mapping and planning efforts
Guiding strategic investments in coastal security
• Improve tools available to USAID and other donors for wetlands restoration
that increases effectiveness and outcomes
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www.cifor.org/swamp
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