Workshop on
Tropical Wetland Ecosystems of Indonesia: Science Needs to Address Climate Change Adaptation
and Mitigation
Wantilan Convention Center, Sanur Beach Hotel, Bali 11‐14 April 2011
Programme
Day‐1 Monday, 11 April
1030‐1230 Registration
1230‐1330 Lunch (venue: Mertasari, West wing of Wantilan CC)
1330‐1430 Opening Session, Chair: Daniel Murdiyarso (CIFOR)
• Welcome
• Opening remarks (CIFOR, FORDA, SEKALA, USFS, USAID)
• Setting the scene
1430‐1530 Overview Session
1. Ecosystem modeling (Pep Canadell, Global Carbon Project)
2. Greenhouse gas flux processes (Jyrki Jauhiainen, University of Helsinki)
3. LUCC and C‐stock change (J. Boone Kauffman, USDA Forest Service)
1530‐1600 Coffee break
1600‐1700 Overview Session (contd.)
4. Use of remote sensing (Florian Siegert, GeoBio Center LMU University of Munich
5. IPCC guidelines and processes (Louis Verchot, CIFOR)
6. Adaptation and human dimension (Terry Hills, Conservation International)
1900‐2100 Welcome dinner (venue: Mertasari Terrace, West wing of Wantilan CC)
Day‐2 Tuesday, 12 April
0800‐1000 Plenary 1, Chair: Steve Crooks (ESA PWA) @12’ presentation, 3’ questions and answers
• Recent findings on subsidence and carbon loss in tropical peatlands: reducing uncertainties (Aljosja Hooijer, Deltares)
• Raising the sustainable and alternative pathways for empowering poor community resilience in the sinking fist farmer village: Jakarta bay experience (Andrio Adiwibowo, University of Indonesia)
• Modeling peatland carbon dynamics on decadal to millennial time scales (Steve Frolking, Univ. of New Hampshire)
• Peatland rewetting & conservation requirements for carbon markets (Igino Emmer, Silvestrum)
• Moratorium fire and logging increase above ground carbon stock: A case study in burnt peat area of ex‐mega rice project, Central Kalimantan (Bambang Hero Saharjo, Bogor Agricultural University)
• REDD‐plus mechanism on comprehensive MRV system and VER system in Tropical Peatland (Mitsuru Osaki, Hokkaido University)
• Microbial activities as affected by peat dryness and ameliorants (Edi Husen, Indonesian Soil Research Institute)
• Vulnerability of mangroves in Indonesia to Climate Change: a view from a mangrove ecologist (Sukristijono Sukardjo, LIPI)
1000‐1030 Coffee break
1030‐1230 Parallel Break‐out Group I
Theme’s facilitator and rapporteur:
1. Greenhouse gas flux processes (Facilitator: Fahmuddin Agus, Rapporteur: Alex Cobb)
2. LUCC and C‐stock change (Facilitator: J. Boone Kauffman, Rapporteur: Matthew Warren)
3. Ecosystem modeling (Facilitator: Steve Frolking, Rapporteur: Kristell Hergoualc'h)
4. Use of remote sensing (Facilitator: Faiz Rahman, Rapporteur: Martin Herold)
5. IPCC guidelines and processes (Facilitator: Naomi Swickard, Rapporteur: Daniel Murdiyarso)
6. Adaptation and human dimension (Facilitator: Terry Hills, Rapporteur: Emilia Pramova)
Points of discussion:
What is the current state of the science related to tropical wetlands, land use and climate change?
Where are studies being conducted? Who is doing the work?
What do we know of dominant land uses and land cover?
What is the vulnerability of these sites to climate change?
Here, and in all discussions you may desire to segregate coastal wetlands (e.g., mangroves) from freshwater wetlands (peat forests).
History ‐ who, what, when, where.
1230‐1330 Lunch
1330‐1530 Plenary 2, Chair: Solichin (MRPP‐GIZ) @12’ presentation, 3’ questions and answers
• The relevance of biodiversity studies for understanding tropical wetland ecosystem response to climate change and developing effective mitigation strategies (Mark E. Harrison, OuTrop)
• Methodology for estimation of GHG emissions from tropical peat lands (Grahame Applegate, IAFCP)
• Impacts of land use changes on Carbon stock in the upper 200cm depth of tropical peats (Gusti Anshari, University of Tanjungpura)
• Using high resolution aerial photography to estimate carbon stocks in extensive peat forests of Central Kalimantan (Scott A. Stanley, Forest Carbon Consultants)
• The management of Methane’s emission from tropical wetland area for environmental conservation and renewable energy (Agus Cahyono, University of Gadjah Mada)
• Mangroves reforestation and community program in Indonesia: a ground experience (Fabien Garnier, Planete Urgence)
• The growth of Avicennia marina planted using Guludan technique in the coastal area of Angke Kapuk, Jakarta (Cecep Kusmana, Bogor Agricultural University)
• Remote sensing of mangrove structure and biomass (Temilola E. Fatoyinbo, NASA)
1530‐1600 Coffee break
1600‐1700 Parallel Break‐out Group II:
Continued discussions of previous session.
What are the most significant data gaps in the science relating to needs for mitigation, MRV, and/or adaptation?
1700‐1900 Poster session
Authors will be standing near their poster to entertain questions from viewers. List of poster is attached.
Day 3 Wednesday, 13 April
0800‐1000 Plenary 3, Chair: Gusti Anshari (University of Tanjungpura) @12’ presentation, 3’ questions and answers
• Above ground biomass changes on the peat swamp forest of Central Kalimantan (Herwint Simbolon, LIPI‐Biology)
• Assessing peatland distribution and vegetation characteristic of Berbak ecosystem, in Jambi – Indonesia (Agus Suratno, ZSL)
• The Holocene development and carbon sequestration of SE Asian peat domes (Hans Joosten, University of Greifswald)
• Can mangrove cope with climate change and local human pressure? (Norman C. Duke, University of Queensland)
• Tier 3 biomass assessment for baseline emission in Merang peat swamp forest (Solichin, MRPP‐GIZ)
• Carbon stock estimation of aboveground pool based on forest inventory (permanent sample plot) data: a case study in peat swamp forest in Jambi (Haruni Krisnawati, FORDA/MoF)
• Peatland deforestation in Sumatra and Kalimantan over the 1990s and 2000s (Jukka I. Miettinen, CRISP)
• Coastal ‘blue’ carbon: where are we and where is it going? (Stephen Crooks, ESA PWA)
1000‐1030 Coffee break
1030‐1230 Parallel Break‐out Group III:
Continued discussions of previous sessions.
What are the most important issues to be address in understanding the role, values and vulnerabilities of tropical wetlands to land use and climate change?
What are the issues that need to be addressed with respect to instituting meaningful adaptation and mitigation strategies?
What multidisciplinary approaches need to be taken to address the most critical information needs related to tropical wetlands – land use and climate change?
What are the barriers to addressing science needs?
1230‐1330 Lunch
1330‐1500
Plenary 4, Chair : Laura D'Arcy (ZSL) @12’ presentation, 3’ questions and answers
• Net ecosystem carbon balance in tidal mangrove forests derived from CO2 eddy covariance and biometry (Victor Engel, Everglades National Park)
• Estimation of above‐ground biomass of mangrove forests using high‐resolution satellite data (Yasumasa Hirata, FFPRI)
• Above ground biomass content on sungai Putri peatland forest, West Kalimantan‐Indonesia (Joseph A. Hutabarat, Indiana University)
• The verified carbon standard: Scaling up wetland GHG mitigation (Naomi Swickard , Verified Carbon Standard Association)
• Detecting spatiotemporal trends of mangrove degradation in Kalimantan using consistently cloud‐screened time series of MODIS imagery (Faiz Rahman, Indiana University)
• Vulnerability of ecosystem dependent villagers to climate variability: a case study form two villages by the Sentarum Lake, Kalimantan (Heru Santoso, LIPI‐Geotechnology)
• Towards a reference carbon value for peat swamp forest in Southeast Asia based on historical inventory data (Peter van der Meer, Alterra)
1500‐1530 Coffee break
1530‐1700 Parallel Break‐out Group IV:
Continued discussions of previous sessions.
Summarize notes and information discussed ‐ Prepare outline for oral presentation for the workshop closing the following day. Develop outline for the report to be completed by the final day by the rapporteurs.
Day 4 Thursday, 14 April
0800‐1000 Wrap‐up, Chair: Louis Verchot (CIFOR)
Rapporteurs present Break‐out Group’s summaries
1000‐1030 Coffee break
1030‐1200 Where to go from here?, Chair: J. Boone Kauffman (USFS)
• Publications
• Collaboration
Closure
1200‐1300 Lunch
1300‐1330 Field visit to Mangrove Information Center, organized by FORDA
Depart from hotel, and arrive at Mangrove Information Center (Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai km. 21, Suwung Kauh, Denpasar)
The 200 ha mangrove forest, called Taman Hutan Rakyat ‘Tanura’, is under the management of the local government of Bali (UPTD). The Mangrove Information Center is within the complex, and is managed by the Forestry Department of Bali.
1330‐1400 • Welcome remark (Sulistio A. Siran, FORDA)
• Introduction of the Mangrove Information Center (Sasmito Hadi, Head of the Center)
• Technical presentation on Mangrove
1430‐1500 Visit to Mangrove Display Room and mangrove nursery, mangrove planting (optional, for max. 25 pax)
1500‐1700 Field visit to Mangrove conservation area.
It’s advisable to wear light clothing, comfortable shoes/ sneakers, bring a hat/ an umbrella and binoculars (for bird watching). We will be walking about 3km on wooden boardwalk trails. Snacks and drinks will be provided.
1700 Return to Sanur Beach hotel
List of posters by theme:
Adaptation and human dimensions Endro Subiandono, FORDA Mangrove conservation in climate change mitigation
Enny Widyati, FORDA Optimize peatland rehabilitation through agroforestry, case study in Central Kalimantan
Hans Joosten, University of Greifswald
The role of vegetation in hydrological self‐regulation and restoration of tropical peat swamps
Joko Purbopuspito, University of Sam Ratulangi
Stakeholder Profiles Analysis on Development Effort of KPH‐Model Poigar
Lailan Syaufina, Bogor Agricultural University
Challenges in mitigation and adaptation of peatland management in Indonesia to address climate change
Niken Sakuntaladewi, FORDA
Linking knowledge with environmentally friendly community adaptation in the coastal area
Ecosystem modeling
Mark E. Harrison, OuTrop The relevance of biodiversity studies for understanding tropical wetland ecosystem response to climate change and developing effective mitigation strategies
GHG processes Alex Cobb, MIT Design of an eddy flux system in Brunei peat forest Etik P. Handayani, STP Dharma Wacana Metro
Carbon dioxide (CO2) and Methane (CH4) emission on oil palm peatland with various peat thickness and plant age
Maswar, ISRI Methods to estimate carbon stock and CO2 emission from peat soils
LUCC and C‐stock Fahmuddin Agus, ISRI Root respiration interferes with peat CO2 emission measurement Hubertus Matanubun, University of Papua
Sustainable management of peat soil under natural sago forest plantation in Papua
I Wayan S. Dharmawan, FORDA
The Establishment of Allometric Equation of Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. at Purwakarta, West Java
Iwan Tri Cahyo Wibisono, Wetland International
Carbon assessment and anticipated carbon project in a degraded mangrove forests in Pasang Kayu area of the Mamuju Utara district, West Sulawesi province
Laura D'Arcy, ZSL REDD and the wildlife premium route to mitigating threats to wetlands
Matthew Warren, USDA Forest Service
Belowground carbon stocks in tropical wetlands: Uncertainties and an approach for rapid assessment
Mujizat Kawaroe, Bogor Agricultural University
Utilization of CO2 for increasing microalgae and macroalgae productivity in laboratory scale
Rezal A. Kusumaatmadja, Starling Resources
Ground‐Based Measurement and Monitoring of Aboveground Biomass Across Peat Swamp Forest in Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation Project
Sebastian Persch, CIFOR Carbon stock in coarse root biomass in different land use systems on tropical peat swamps
Remote sensing
Kazuyo Hirose, CENSUS Advanced Technology of Remote Sensing in Tropical Wetland Ecosystems
Ruandha A. Sugardiman, Ministry of Forestry
Land cover mapping in Indonesia