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BIOTROP Conducts Urban Agriculture In Country Training for Malaysian S~ecial Education Teachers

BIOTROP Organizes International Seminar on Current Development in Mine Reclamation Practices and Mine Water Management

BIOTROP Co-organizes Tro~ical Plant Identification Workshou with EFForTS Project, Kew Royal Botanical Gardens of United Kingdom

Dear Readers, dil lansur, M h e r D r Arief SabdoYuwono -Adviser

The third quarter of 20 17 marks the be~inning Dr Jesus C. Fernandez -Adviser - - of BIOTROPS I Oth Flve-Year Development Plar Harry lmantho - Managing Edito Under our loth FYDP we have three new TikaTresnawati - Editorial Staff

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program thrusts, i.e. I ) Restoration of Sri I. Soerianegara - Editorial Staff Degraded Ecosystems; 2) Sustalnablc Zanne Sandriati Putri - Editorial Staff Management of lntenslvely Usec Asep Saepudln - Photography and Layout Deslgner Ecosystems/Landscapes; and 3) Conservat~on

I and Value Enhancement of Unique The BIOTROP Courler is the officlal publication of SEAMEO BIOTROF: Ecosystems/Landscapes of High Blodlversity. published every three months.

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Workshop, through the EFForTS project as well as with the Malaysia1 Identification ( I I - 1 S e ~ t 20 7, - Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) and the SEAMEO Regional Centre for Special Education Needs (SEN) in holding the In-Country training in Urban Agriculture for 30 Malaysian special education teachers.

As our commitment to our surrounding community, we continue School Garden training and Basic Entrepreneurship and Product Marketing training. We also performed a Focus Group Discussion with the 5 villages surrounding us to develop a sound program that can elevate the life quality by providing trainings in various fields to enhance life skills of the surrounding community. An MoU was also signed between BIOTROP and PT Semen Gresik to sustain biodiversity through proper conservation management and community empowerment around the institution's operational and targeted areas.

We also dedicated our utmost efforts to provide the best technology for food safety and food security. Our focus on food safety was expressed by conductingTraining in Prevention and Control of Mycotoxins in Food and Feed Materials. Our commitment to provide knowledge on food resources to support food security was shown by holding Training in Tissue Culture Technology for Producing Elkhorn Sea Moss Seedlings,Training in Underwater Acoustic (to explore deep water marine resources) and Training in Spatial Dynamics Models to Support Decision Making in Food Security Program.

We see that universities hold a strategic role in preventing the lnvasive Alien Species (IAS) from entering our countries.Therefore, we initiated the inclusion of IAS in curriculum of the universities.

To keep our technologies and administration practices in compliance with the highest standard possible, we held a training to implement Regulation No. 9 year 2009 of the Ministry of Environment about Environmental Laboratory. We also passed the IS0 9001:2008 External Audit with no Major Non-Compliance.

BIOTROP's 50 -Year Journey (Part 2) ............................................................. 3

BIOTROP Conducts Urban Agriculture In CountryTraining for Malaysian Special Education Teachers ............................................................... 4

BIOTROP Organizes International Seminar on Current Development in Mine Reclamation Practices and Mine Water Management ................... 5

BIOTROP Initiates National Seminar and Workshop on Mainstreaming lnvasive Alien Species Management into University Curriculum in Indonesia ................................................................................................................ 6

BIOTROP Co-organizesTropical Plant Identification Workshop with EFForTS Project, Kew Royal Botanical Gardens of United Kingdom ....... 7

BIOTROP Conducts Is' FGD to Develop SurroundingVillages ................. 7

38 Indonesian School Teachers Complete BIOTROP's Pd School Garden Training ....................................................................................... 8

BIOTROP HoldsTraining on Basic Entrepreneurship & Product Marketing for SEAMEO STARVillagers ........................................................... 9

BIOTROP and PT Semen Gresik Establish Collaboration on Biodiversity Management and Integrated Community Empowerment .... 9

BIOTROP Offers I s t National Training on Marine Acoustic Technology Application ............................................................................................................ 0

32 Participants Attend BIOTROP's Training in Spatial Dynamics Models for Decision-Making Support in Food Security Programme ...................... I0

BIOTROP Conducts Training on Prevention and Control of ......................................................... Mycotoxins in Food and Feed Materials I I

BIOTROP Passes Its 2nd External Audit on IS0 900 1 :2008 ........................ I I

BIOTROP Conducts Training on Tissue Culture Technology for ........................................................... Producing Elkhorn Sea Moss Seedlings 12

32 Participants Attend Training on Implementation of Minister of Environment Regulation No. 9Year 2009 on Environmental

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- ______ - - -- -- - - - - - -- , - - - . BIOTROP established its new vision, mission, values and goals for the Master Plan 1997-2002 in April 1997. . Through a three-year project, the IC-SEA funded by AusAID, BIOTROP was able t o establish its internet - d n with i t s ~ ~ . ~ o . ~ T R O F ! -- I

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I Establishment of the Enterprise Development Center (EDC) in cooperation with the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) in October 1997. Establishment of the BIOTROP Foundation called LATROP on 19 December 1997. Establishment of the Executive Committee on 15 January 1998.

1 New BIOTROP Homepage (www.biotrop.org) was launched in March 1998.

I In August 1988, BIOTROP transferred t o its new office is equipped with local area network and full internet connection BIOTROP and lnstitut Pertanian Bogor signed a Letter of Intent on 26 August 1997 t o establish a joint degree program in Master of Science in lnformationTechnology for Natural Resources Management (MIT for NRM) which was later approved -. - . . by its 361h Governing Board Meeting at Hanoi,Vietnam, in October 1997. . MRT for NRM degree program was officially launched degree program in association with lnstitut Pertanian Bogor, Indonesia, and Royal Roads University, Canada, as partners on 14 September 1998.

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m T R C P F s c i e n t i s t ; D F OEky S DtiXrmaputra, received the Scientific Article Writing Assistance from the University Research for Graduate Education (URGE), Directorate General for Higher Education (DGHE), Department of National L7T -.-. -~ ~ - - Education-of theRepublic oflndon_esia. - - . BIOTROP established itsTraining and Information Center (BTIC) which also served as lndonesian Dataport of LANDSAT 7 since May 2002.

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Tstablishment of BIOTROP'sher6arium and services laboratory in April 2000. BIOTROP's scientist, D r Antonius Suwanto, won the KEHATI Award of the lndonesian Biodiversity Foundation and was also

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BIOTROP Conducts Urban Agriculture In Country Training for Malaysian Special Education Teachers 1

In collaboration with the SEAMEO Regional Centre for Special Education Needs (SEN) and the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), BIOTROP conducted an in-country training in urban agriculture for 30 Malaysian special education teachers on 8- 1 1 August 20 17 at MARDI Training Center in Serdang, Malaysia.

The training course was designed t o enable special education teachers acquire basic knowledge and skills on specific technologies appropriate for urban agriculture with the expectation that such technologies could be adopted in their respective schools for their students t o also learn and practice for personal, family, and community development purposes.

Three Malaysian alumni from the training in Bogor served as resource persons particularly on sharing their experiences in implementing their action plans t o establish their urban agriculture projects in their schools as well as the progress they have achieved so far in transferring the skills t o their students. Other resource persons were D r Hanim bin Ahmad, Dr Tosiah Sadi, Mr Mohamed Hafeifi bin Basir, and Mr Hamdan bin Mohd Noor from MARDI and D r Jess C. Fernandez from BIOTROF!

The participants produced action plans on how they will introduce urban agriculture techniques they learned from the training in their respective schools.

BIOTROP and SEAMEO SEN consider the training as their contribution towards addressing barriers in inclusive education as one of the seven priority areas of the SoutheastAsian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO).The two Centres conducted a pilot offering of the training in Bogor, Indonesia in March 20 16. The training benefited 26 Indonesian vocational and special education teachers from nine provinces and 10 Malaysian special education teachers from four states.

Representing the 14 states of Malaysia, the participants learned about various hydroponic and verticulture production techniques as well as composting, the roles of schools in developing agri-based life skills among their students in the context of Sustainable Development Goal No. 4, and approaches t o establish urban agriculture technologies and teach them t o their special education students in their respective schools.

The training was part of the MoU of BIOTROP with SEAMEO SEN and MARDI.

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One hundred participants attended the International Seminar on Current Development in Mine Reclamation Practices and Mine Water Management held on 1 1 - 12 September 20 17 in Palembang, Indonesia that BIOTROP jointly implemented with Universitas Sriwijaya.

The seminar was aimed t o communicate government policies and results of research activities conducted on mine reclamation and mine water management t o the stakeholders of mining industry t o improve existing practices. The research results were mostly generated from the project called Establishing a Network of Research Excellence for Mine Reclamation in Southeast Asia which was coordinated by Bangor University (UK) and BIOTROP (Indonesia). This project was a collaborative undertaking among BIOTROe Bangor University and Aberystwyth University (UK), Western Carolina University (US), lnstitut Pertanian Bogor (IPBIBogor Agricultural University), lnstitut Teknologi Bandung (ITBIBandung Institute of Technology), Diponegoro University (UNDIP), Brawijaya University (UB) and PT Bukit Asam. The project was funded by the British Council through the Global Innovation Initiative.

The seminar was divided into four themes, namely: I) government policy on mine environmental management and reclamation, 2) transformation of ex-mine site t o productive landscape, 3) mine water characteristics and management; and 4) utilization of local materials and plant species t o support mine reclamation.

Sixteen topics were presented namely: I ) Managing reclamation and mine closure: a regulatory framework; 2) Current Indonesian government policy and challenge of mine reclamation in forest area; 3) The role of the coal authority in the United Kingdom (UK); 4) Essential oil bearing tree and crop species as pioneer vegetations t o enhance productivity of ex-mine site in early stage; 5) Acid mine drainage (AMD) management through development of wetlands; 6) The characteristics of AMD in Indonesia; 7) Composting and soil amelioration perspectives from the UK and Indonesia; 8) The effort on improvement of soil fertility for better trees growth on ex-mine site of PT Bukit Asam, Indonesia; 9) Spatio-temporal variability in mine water chemistry: challenges for effective management; 10) Acid mine drainage characterization in coal mining in Indonesia; I I) GIs remote sensinq t o model

hydrological pattern, source of AMD, soil characteristics and design of swamp forest for mine water management; 12) Bioremediation of acid mine drainage from coal mining; 13) Organic matter management for land reclamation; 14) The use of palm oil mill plant waste for soil amelioration of ex-mine sites; 15) PT Bukit Asam experience on cultivation and essential oil production of Melaleuca cajuputi on mine reclamation site; and 16) Ecosystem development and the use of old growth rehabilitated mine site for agroforestry system: case of PT Bukit Asam, South Sumatera.

The speakers were: I ) Prof Morag McDonald and Dr Paula Roberts (Bangor University), D r lrdika Mansur (SEAMEO BIOTROP), D r Graham Bird (University of Wales, Aberystwyth), Dr Bill Perkins (University of Wales, Aberystwyth), Prof Anis Saggaff (UNSRI), Prof Rudy Sayoga Gautama (ITB), Mr Amarudin (PT Bukit Asam), Mr Dedy Saptaria Rosa (PT Bukit Asam), D r Didik Suprayogo (UB) and DrTr i Retnaningsih Soeprobowati (UNDIP). D r I r Muhammad Firman, M.For.Sc. (Director of Soil and Water Conservation of Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry), Mr Amarudin (PT Bukit Asam), Mr Armaiki Yusmur (SEAMEO BIOTROP), Mr Ali M. Muslih (IPB), Mr Arief Juniarto (IPB), Mrs Iva Dewi Lestariningsih (UB), Mr Dedi Saptaria Rosa (PT Bukit Asam) and D r Hery Suhartoyo (Universitas Bengkulu) also presented their works in line with the themes.

The seminar also featured 13 poster presentations and two exhibitions from PT Bukit Asam and Lampung Forest Community.

A one-day field tr ip t o post mining area of PT Bukit Asam was conducted on 12 September 20 17. The trip showcased the restoration methods used by PT Bukit Asam in addressing land degradation and mine water problem resulting from coal mining operations.

The participants came from 43 institutions consisting of 12 universities, four vocational schools, 2 1 national mining companies, one forest community group and five government institutions in Indonesia, and the United Kingdom.

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BlU I KUP lnltlates Natlonal Semlnar and Workshop on Walnstreamlng lnvasive Alien Species Management into University Curriculum in lndones~a ,

BIOTROP held a National Seminar and Workshop on Mainstreaming lnvasive Alien Species (IAS) Management into University Curriculum in lndonesia in i t s Campus in Bogor on 29-3 1 August 20 17. This seminar-workshop aimed t o generate national consensus and commitment in mainstreaming IAS management as a subject matter for teaching and research in the curricular program of relevant faculties in leading universities in Indonesia. Dr Soekisman Tjitrosoedirdjo, BIOTROP's Affiliate Scientist, coordinated this seminar and workshop and a total of 14 delegates from various universities across lndonesia joined the activity.

The seminar consisted of plenary sessions and small group workshops which were led by three experts, i.e. D r Michael Day from Biosecurity Queensland as well as D r Soekisman Tjitrosoedirdjo and D r Sri Sudarmiyati Tjitrosoedirdjo from BIOTROPThe presentation and discussion topics included: I ) Overview of current global protocols, agreement and programs on IAS management; 2) Overview of current national issues and concerns related t o IAS in Indonesia; 3) SEAMEO BIOTROP's IAS short term training course curricula and experiences; 4) Reporting of participants' current curricular program offerings and activities vis-a-vis IAS: gains and challenges; 5) Good practices and challenges in mainstreaming IAS identification, impacts and management in curricular program offerings; 6) Formulating strategies t o integrate IAS identification, impacts and management as subject matters in curricular programs in relevant faculties of universities in Indonesia; 7) Identifying areas of concern on teaching and conducting research on IAS identification, impacts and management needing capacity building among participating universities; 8) Developing mechanisms for effective networking and regular sharing of information and expertise among the participating universities on teaching and conducting research on IAS identification, impacts, and management in Indonesia; and 9) Ways t o move forward for the seminar-workshop agreements.

Deputy Director for Resource Management, Prof Arief Sabdo Yuwono, in his opening remarks, told the participants that SEAMEO BIOTROP has been working on biodiversity covering the management of IAS in cooperation with the Indonesian government in the field of research, seminar and training activities which outputs have been translated into governmental policies. Realizing the importance of capacity building in terms of IAS management, BIOTROP promotes the mainstreaming of IAS management t o the university curriculum t o provide the needed human resources capable of managing the invasive species in the future and at the same time also creating venue for research activities in the management of IAS.The opening ceremony was attended by Ir Bambang Dahoni Aji, MM, M.Si., from Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Republic of Indonesia.

The results of this seminar and workshop were I) A compilation of current curricular program offerings of participating universities and synthesis of good pactices and challenges viz-a-viz mainstreaming IAS control and management as a subject matter for teaching and research; 2) A compilation of strategies and agreements t o integrate IAS identification, impact and management as a subject matter for teaching and research in curricular programs of agricultural universities in the region; 3) A compilation of areas of concern and agreements on capacity building activities on teaching and conducting research on IAS identification, impact and management; and 4) Mechanisms for effecting networking and information and expertise exchange for teaching and conducting research on IAS identification, impact and management in university curricular program offerings.

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BIOTROP collaborated with the Ecological and Socioeconomic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation System (EFForTS) Project t o conduct a Tropical Plant Identification Workshop on 1 1 - 15 September 20 17 at i t s headquarter in Bogor through the expertise of five taxonomists from the Kew Royal Botanical Gardens of the United Kingdom.

Twenty-one herbarium and botanical garden staff and environmental researchers mostly from the collaborating institutions of EFForTS Project who needed t o enhance their knowledge and skills in morphological plant identification attended the workshop. The EFForTS Project is a collaboration between University of Goeaingen and three lndonesian universities, namely: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), University of Jambi,Tadulako University and the lndonesian lnstitute of Science. Other partner-institutions that were invited t o join the workshop were BIOTROP, Harapan Rainforest, Universitas Papua and the lndonesian lnstitute of Life Sciences.

The participants learned about the morphology and tools in identifying 38 tropical plant families from the collection of BIOTROP, IPB and Cibodas Botanical Garden herbaria. Through short illustrated lectures and extensive hands-on practical sessions, the Kew's botanists demonstrated t o the participants the key characters for each family. Participants visited the Bogor Botanical Garden t o apply in the field the knowledge they gained from the classroom sessions.

The workshop's resource persons were D r Timothy Utteridge, D r Andre Schuiteman, Ms Alison Moore, Ms Renata Borosova, and Ms Lesley Walsingham from Kew and D r Katja Rembold from EFForTS Project. D r Rembold also served as workshop coordinator together with D r Sri Sudarmiyati of BIOTROF?

The workshop was funded by the German Research Foundation IDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DGF) in context of the EFForTS Project with contributions from the German Academic

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BIOTROP Conducts Ist FGD to Develop SurroundingVillages

To enhance its relevance t o surrounding villages through rendering community development activities, BIOTROP organized a focused group discussion (FGD) with heads of sub-districts and village sector representatives from East and West Bogor Districts on Thursday, 07 September 20 17, at its headquarter in Bogor.

For the first time, BIOTROP, with assistance from the Environmental Agency of West Java Province, attempted t o assess the needs and help identify appropriate programs and activities t o address the needs of prospective target villages in the abovementioned sub-districts, namely: Muarasari, Pakuan, Tajur, Sindangsari and Sindangrasa.

In opening the event, BIOTROP Director Dr lrdika Mansur explained that the Centre has been providing technical assistance and community development activities for almost two decades already by sharing the Centre's expertise and technologies t o various stakeholders. In 2015, the Centre has initiated the SEAMEO STARVillage Program together with five other SEAMEO Centres in Indonesia t o bring educational, health and nutrition, and livelihood developments in Cihideung llir village as the program site through capacity building activities. In 20 16 during its 54th Governing Board Meeting, the Centre has officially launched itself

as a Lommmunity Learning Lentre through the mayor ot Bogor City. D r lrdika also presented the program and activities of the Centre that the sub-districts and villages may benefit from.

The morning session consisted of presentation of the profiles and current status of the two sub-districts by their respective heads, namely: Mr H. Sujatmiko Baliarto,A.TD, MM, from South Bogor district and Mr Adi Novan S., STP, from East Bogor district.This was followed by an orientation on the Eco-Village Program of the Environmental Agency of West Java Province by Mr Lilik and Ms Dwi Darmayanti, MSi.The FDG proper started in the afternoon which focused on validating the needs and identifying development interventions suitable t o the villages in the two sub-districts. Poor waste management, unemployment, and lack of livelihood skills were identified as the major issues in the five villages. The participants suggested that residents in their villages must receive training on household-level waste management and entrepreneurship development t o address these issues.

BIOTROP would t r y t o develop such programs in collaboration with the local governments of the two sub-districts as well as t o strengthen linkage with the Eco-Village Program of West Java Province in the implementation process.

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Thirty-eight teachers from seven provinces in lndonesia participated in BIOTROP's Second National Training in School Garden for Student Literacy and Nutritional Improvement held at the Centre's campus on 10- 14 July 20 17. The participants were from various kindergarten, elementary, junior high and senior high schools in Jambi, Lampung, Banten, DKI Jakarta, West Java, Central Java and Dl Yogyakarta.

This training was specifically aimed to I ) Enable participants t o internalize the importance of nutrition to the education development of school children; 2) Provide the participants with basic knowledge and skills on school garden models and agriculture technologies that could be adopted in a school garden setting; 3) Introduce the concepts and principles of online teaching system to support literacy and nutritional development in the context of school garden; and 4) Enable the participants to design their school garden plans for their respective schools.

In conducting this training, SEAMEO BIOTROP collaborated with two other SEAMEO Centres, namely: Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition (RECFON) and the Regional Open Learning Centre (SEAMOLEC).

In his opening remarks, Prof Arief Sabdo Yuwono, SEAMEO BIOTROP Deputy Director for Resource Management, emphasized the importance of implementing the outputs of this training to improve the nutritional and academic levels of students in lndonesia and Southeast Asia for their personal development in the future.

The participants received lectures and undergone hands-on exercises on: I) School garden models for literacy and nutrition improvement; 2). Nutrition status of students; 3) Household-scale composting of organic waste; 4) Hydroponic production; 5) Basics of vegetable cultivation; and 6) Project-based learning system.

The participants also learned about formulating action plans on establishing school garden in their respective schools as the major requirement of the training.The participants presented their action plans during the last day of the training for peer critiquing and further improvement.

A t the closing ceremony, D r Jesus C. Fernandez, BIOTROP Deputy Director for Program, encouraged the participants t o continue communicating with each other t o share and learn from their school gardening experiences as well as documenting their good practices to be included in the book that the Centre plans to publish in 20 19.

Resource persons for this training were D r Awang Maharijaya from lnstitut Pertanian Bogor (IPB), D r Luh Ade Ari Wiradnyani from SEAMEO RECFON, Mr Dona Octanary, S.Pd from SEAMEO SEAMOLEC, Ms lndrayani Supandi who is an alumnae from the Ist Batch of School Garden Training, and Prof Arief Sabdo Yuwono, D r Jesus C. Fernandez, Ms Riana Hartati, and Mr Didi Junaedi from BIOTROP

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After successfully conducting several trainings in farming and production in Cihideung llir Village, BIOTROP held an entrepreneurship training for 22 villagers in the village's headquarter on I I- 13 July 20 17. Cihideung IlirVillage is the village designated for SEAMEO STARVillage program.

The training was aimed to enhance knowledge and skills of farmers and housewives previously been trained by the Centre and selected out-of-school/unemployed youth of Cihideung IlirVillage. This training focused on the basis of entrepreneurship and products marketing to establish synergism among all aspects in the village to develop integrated small-scale enterprises in their village.

Specific objectives of the training are to: I) Increase knowledge on the concepts and principles of and develop the character and mindset for entrepreneurship; 2) To increase knowledge on the 3Ps principles (Product, Price and Position) and I T (Targeting) in marketing; 3) To develop knowledge and skills on online marketing using social media; and 4) To develop a simple but feasible business plan.

In the opening ceremony, D r Jesus C. Fernandez, BIOTROP's Deputy Director for Program, explained that Cihideung llir is a potential location to be a center for the cultivation of several commodities and for the sales of some processed agricultural products. By attending in entrepreneurship trainings, the community can be new entrepreneurs, and therefore, will reduce the unemployment rate, improve the living standard and increase the nutrition.

Four resource persons shared their knowledge and experiences in this training, i.e. Mr Bambang Suyitno from PT Mangano (Diana Abadi), Mr Wisnu Febry Pradana from Republik UKM as well as Ms Riza Afifi and Ms Rosianadewi Dinaryanti from BIOTROP Layout of the training was practical and lecture sessions through simulation, flip-chart presentation and group discussion. Materials presented were: I) Entrepreneurship character and mindset; 2) How to formulate a simple business plan and analysis; 3) How to create a product that meets the Health Standard of Food Processing Products from the government; 4) Sharing with success entrepreneurs; 5) Effective product price and sales; and 6) Online marketing.

After finishing all sessions, the participants were expected to be capable of creating, implementing and analyzing a feasible business plan for each of their commodities.

BIOTROP and PT Semen Gr C311\ L3LQbli~h Collaboration on Biodiversity r Management and Integrated Community Empowerment

BIOTROP and PT Semen Gresik lndonesia formalized their collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 12 June 20 17 in the headquarter of PT Semen Gresik,Tuban, East Java Province. BIOTROP's Director, D r lrdika Mansur, M.For.Sc. and Head of Communication and General Affair Department of PT Semen Gresik, Ir Aris Sunarso, MM., signed the MoU.

The MoU focuses on biodiversity management and integrated community empowerment in villages surrounding the company. . .

The implemen&tion would be based on five legal basics in lndonesia related to biodiversity conservation and environment protection, i.e. UU No.5 Year 1990, UU No.5Year 1994, UU No.32 Year 2009, UU No. 26 Year 2007 and Regulation of Minister of Environment No.29 Year 2009.

The scopes of the 3-year MoU are: I) Supporting the management, development and sustainability of biodiversity conservation in company's operational and targeted areas; 2) Developing more activities in research, education and monitoring for biodiversity conservation; 3) Enhancing the local society's participation in biodiversity conservation and management; 4) Supporting the plan, management and performance of community's empowerment programs; 5) Developing more activities in research, education and monitoring for society independence; and 6) Enhancing the local society's participation in community's empowerment programs. I Mu, ,,,,,,,,, , , , , , , ,metween PT Semen Gresik (represented by

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BIOTROP conducted the pilot offering of its National Training Course on Application of Acoustic Technology for Ocean Resources Mapping and Exploration held on 2 1-25 August 20 17 at i t s headquarter and at the Ocean Acoustic Laboratory and Underwater Acoustic Signal Processing Laboratory of the lnstitut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) in Bogor.

The training course is among the new training courses under the Centre's loth Five-Year Development Plan (20 17-2022).

Twenty-seven marine researchers and lecturers, and private individuals engaged in fishery production from various institutions across Indonesia constituted the first batch of participants of the training.

The main objective of the training course was t o provide theoretical and practical knowledge and skills t o the participants on the use and operation of marine acoustics instruments for the

This training was developed from the research project funded by BIOTROP and conducted by Prof D r Henry Manik from the Ocean Acoustics and Marine Instrumentation Department of IPB from 20 14 t o 20 16. Thus, Prof D r Henry also served as both the coordinator and the resource person for this training.

As a major requirement, the participants developed individual and group action plans on how they will apply the knowledge and experiences they gained from the training course in their respective work stations.

The participants received their certificates of completion from BIOTROP Director, D r lrdika Mansur. In closing the training course, Dr. lrdika encouraged the participants t o share what they have learned t o their colleagues and t ry their best t o implement their action plans t o promote acoustic technology for marine development in Indonesia. He added that BIOTROP would welcome collaboration with their institutions t o make this happen.

collection and analysis of fish, zooplankton, coral reef, seagrass and seabed data, and t o some extent, for mapping and exploring 1 archaeological resources.

The training course consisted of classroom and laboratory sessions covering: I ) Overview of marine acoustics technology and i t s application; 2) Application of marine acoustics for fish and plankton detection; 3) Application of acoustics for marine archaeological artifact exploration; 4) Application of acoustics for marine biosonar; 5) Application of marine acoustics for coral reef mapping; and 6) Application of marine acoustics for seabed and habitat mapping.The participants also experienced field hands-on exercises at Tidung Island in Jakarta.

32 Participants Attend BIOTROP's Training in Spatial D y n a r n i ~ Models_ for Decision-Makine S u ~ ~ o r t in Food Security Proeramme

BIOTROP conducted its first national training course on Spatial - I

Dynamics Models for Decision-Making Support in Food Security Programme for 32 university lecturers, researchers and local government planners from 20 institutions in Indonesia.The training was held on I I - 15 September 20 17 at the Centre's headquarter in Bogor, Indonesia.

As one of the new capacity building program of BIOTROP under i t s loth Five-Year Development Plan (20 17-2022), the training was aimed t o I) To enrich the knowledge of the participants about the importance of spatial data in planning, management and utilization of agricultural space; and 2) To equip them with the ability t o develop and use spatial models for food sufficiency prospects 1 !!kt<h> (especially in rice) at various administrative levels by considering

am! llolo shares her Knowledge on Spat~al Dynamrcs Models

regional areas and demographic potentials.The training used the spatial model developed from the 20 15 research project of BIOTROP's affiliate scientist Dr Hartrisari and her team which was recognized by the local government of West Java Province as among i t s 20 16 Innovation, Initiative and Pioneer Empowerment of West Java awardees.

The participants completed 16 sessions that focused on understanding the concept of spatial modeling, modeling the dynamics of phenology and monitoring of rice crops t o support decision-making in utilizing agricultural space, as well as the relevance of spatial modelling t o support food security programme. The participants also experienced using ArcGlS

spatial data processing software and NetLogo modeling software t o analyze spatial data during their practicum sessions.

Six resource persons from SEAMEO BIOTROP and lnstitut Pertanian Bogor delivered lectures and practical exercises during the course.They were, D r Hartrisari Hardjomidjojo, D r Impron, Mr Harry Imantho, Mr Desi Suyamto, and Mr Dedi Priyanto.

The participants turned in action plans as the major requirement of the training.

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BIOTROP's Research Laboratory organized a Training in All participants were expected to implement the knowledge and Prevention and Control of Mycotoxins in Food and Feed Materials skills gained during the training in their respective institutions. in i t s headquarter in Bogor, bn 22 - 25 August 201 7.This training was intended to deliver knowledge and skills in preventing and - RIII 11-111111 controlling mycotoxins in food and feed materials, including corn, peanuts, nutmeg and wheat flour. About 26 participants from - education and research institutions and companies across lndonesia attended this training course.

Four experts were presented as the resource persons, namely Prof Okky S. Dharmaputra, Ms Santi Ambarwati, M.Si., and Ms Sri Widayanti, M.Si, from BIOTROP as well as Prof Nuri Andarwulan from lnstitut Pertanian Bogor (IPBIBogor Agricultural University). They shared their expertise in the topics: I ) Mycotoxin in food; 2) Destructive fungi in food and feed and how to control them; 3) Fungi isolation, counting and identification methods; 4) Fungi identification using molecular biology technique; 5) Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and i t s implementation in food and feed industries; 6) Method and quality assurance for testing of mycotoxins in food and feed materials; 7) Mycotoxin testing using fluorometer and liquid chromatography methods; and -.

8) Integrated warehouse pest control and proper phosphine = fumigation.

In the opening ceremony, D r lrdika Mansur, BIOTROP Director, stated that lndonesia experiences humid tropical climate which leads to contamination of food and feed materials caused by mycotoxin.The contamination caused many problems, not only t o human and animals health, but also to the country's trading, marketing and economy sectors. D r lrdika hoped that this training Ms Retn :plains h o ~ cult^ could be perceived as an effort t o prevent the contamination of mycotoxin in food and feed materials. m

BIOTROP Passes I t s 2nd External Audit on I S 0 900 1 :2008

BIOTROP underwent External Audit on IS0 900 1 :2008 on 14 - 15 standard, statutory and regulatory, and the scope of certification. August 20 17 conducted by Sucofindo International Certification Services (SICS).The evaluation was executed by Mrjamaludin Malik In closing the surveillance, BIOTROP Director, D r lrdika Mansur, as the audit team leader and assisted by Ms Cynthia Murniati congratulated the staff and thanked the auditor for the efficient Hotnida S. The auditors assessed BlOTROPf Scientific Research conduct of the activity. He encouraged the staff to continue to be Operation, Services and Research Laboratory, Education and consistent and disciplined in carrying out standard operating Training Administration, Library and Publication in Support of procedures under the Centre's QMS to sustain quality Research Activities, and Dormitory and Facilities Management. performance.

BIOTROP passed the surveillance with no Major Non-Compliance.

This activity was held to ensure that the Centre's Quality Management System (QMS) is effectively documented, implemented and maintained to meet the requirements of audit I

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BIU I K U r conducts Iralnlng on I Issue culture lechnology 1

Producing Elkhorn Sea Moss Seedlings A BIOTROP held a training on seedling production of elkhorn sea moss (Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty ex Silva) using tissue culture technique in its Campus on 3 - 7 July 2017 for staff members of PT Rote Karaginan Nusantara (RKN).The elkhorn sea moss is red algae and is among the most important commercial sources of carrageenans.

Mr Samsul A.Yani, Ms Erina Sulistyani, Mr lwan Kurniawan and Mr M. Sya'roni delivered training materials through lecture and practical sessions t o five staff of PT Rote Karaginan Nusantara, i.e. Ms Maya A. Wie Lawa, Ms Fanny I. Ginzel, Mr Wilson L.Tisera

Mr Alfred G.O. Kase and Mr Rockie R.L. Supit, during the training. Materials covered were I ) Introduction t o facilities in seaweed tissue culture laboratory, 2) Steps t o culture seaweed using tissue culture technology, 3) Making media for tissue culture and 4) Media contamination, how t o prevent and overcome it.

After the training, the participants are expected t o build their own seaweed tissue culture laboratory in their company in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara t o produce the seaweed seedlings.The seedlings would be given t o the surrounding farmers t o grow and sell their harvests t o PT RKN for making carrageenans. The training was part of the memorandum of understanding be- tween PT RKN and BIOTROP

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Regulation No. 9Year 2009 on Environmental Laboratory A

SEAMEO BIOTROP Services Laboratory conducted a training on implementation of regulation of the Minister of Environment No. 9 year 2009 in environmental laboratory on 12 - 14 July 20 17 in Bogo r.

Thirty-two participants from five institutions in Bogor, Jambi and Tangerang attended this training.The purpose of this training was t o enrich participants' knowledge and skills regarding the application of the regulation.

Training course materials were delivered by Mr Anwar Hadi, MEM,

Mr Budi Cahyadi and Mr Dika Zulkarnaen from BIOTROP Materials included were the interpretation of regulation of the state Minister of Environment 0612009, sampling technique and handling of water samples as well as application of safety and waste management.

Upon finishing this training, the participants were expected t o be able t o implement and integrate the requirements contained in the regulation t o the documentation of Laboratory Quality Management System in accordance with ISOIIEC 17025 in their respective laboratories.

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