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EU INCO-DEV STRAPEAT PROJECT
STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF
PEATLAND IN BORNEO
SUWIDO H. LIMIN, UNPAR
Achievements, problems
and plans
UNPAR TEAM AND
ASSOCIATES
•Research team at UNPAR
– Suwido H. Limin
– UNPAR staff training at UNINOT, Hokkaido University.
•Research facilities at UNPAR
-CIMTROP: - provide facilities and collaborative work
-NAMTROP, DARHERB
•Allied projects:
– JSPS Japan : Environmental Conservation and Land Use
Management of Wetland Ecosystem in Southeast Asia
(1997-2006)
ALLIED PROJECTS
•British Council funded link between the universities of Nottingham, Leicester
and Palangka Raya to develop postgraduate and short, continuing education
courses at UNPAR
•Global Peatland Initiative funding to promote new approaches to sustainable
development of peatland in Central Kalimantan, including Biorights, carbon
credits and green energy
JSPS Japan : Environmental Conservation and Land Use
Management of Wetland Ecosystem in Southeast Asia (19972006)
Asia-Link Project (funded by EU): New Educational Tools for
Sustainable Management of Peatlands in the Humid Tropics
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Publication:
– International Journal for the
Management of Tropical
peatland “TROPICAL
PEATLANDS”
– Seminar/Workshop/Symposium
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Data base : - literature
Training :
– Darma Nasir (PhD) : livelihood
– Yulintine (MSc) : Human impact
on benthic communities
• Involvement on
Regional Planning of
Peatland Area
– Legislation on fire
– Sustainable
development of
peatland, Jakarta
20 Sept 2002
PROBLEMS
• Staff
• Management
FUTURE PLANS
• INSTITUTION :
– Literature database
• Improvement of library
• Internet facility
– Establish web site of CIMTROP-UNPAR
• RESEARCH :
– Inventory of peatland use (successful-failure)
• PILOT PROJECT :
– peatlands rehabilitation
– alternative sources of income
• COMPLETING THE FIELD WORK (Darma N.: June,
Yulintine : July 2003)
• PRODUCE SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION