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EU INCO-DEV STRAPEAT PROJECT
STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF
PEATLAND IN BORNEO
Professor Jack Rieley, UNINOT
Achievements, problems
and plans
UNINOT TEAM AND
ASSOCIATES
•Research team at UNINOT
–Jack Rieley, Martin Stahlhut, Roy Haines-Young
•UNPAR staff training at UNINOT
–Adia jaya, Yustinus Sulistiyanto, Darmae Nasir,
Yulintine
•Research facilities at UNPAR
-CIMTROP, NAMTROP, DARHERB
•Allied projects
–OUTROP, biodiversity and orang utan
population studies
–Raphael Wuest, Dominik Weiss, peat
accumulation rates and geochemistry
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Gap analysis
– Ecology
– Hydrology
– Restoration
• Databases
– Literature
– Biophysical
– Remote sensing and GIS
• Communication
– Networking
– Newsletter
– Web site
• Training
– Ph.D.: natural resources
and sustainable livelihoods
– M.Sc.: environmental
management
• Sustainable development
– Central Kalimantan forum
• Information dissemination
– Conferences and
Workshops
– papers
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
PROBLEMS
• Some partners have still not transferred their
biophysical and socio-economic data to UNINOT
for inclusion in the interactive database
• Heightened tension caused by current political
instability in the Middle East has already led to
the cancellation of Jack Rieley’s planned visit to
UNPAR at the end of March and could limit
activities planned to take place in Southeast
Asia during the second half of 2003
FUTURE PLANS
• Literature database
– Copy the database on CD to partners for testing
– Invite partners to provide further references
• Biophysical database
– Obtain remaining data from partners
• Remote sensing and GIS
– Obtain copies of all remote sensed images and derived
maps
• Research
– Complete field research on peat carbon store and
nutrient dynamics
– Continue field research on sustainable livelihoods
FUTURE PLANS
• Communications
– Produce newsletters on website every 2 months –
require information from partners
– Extend network
– Upgrade website
• Training
– Continue and complete postgraduate training
• Sustainable development
– Promote further meetings of the ‘forum’ in Kalteng
• Information dissemination
– Continue to present at conferences and workshops and
publish in scientific journals
STRATEGIES FOR
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
OF TROPICAL PEATLANDS
• Concept for sustainable management of peatland in Borneo
• Statement on wise use of tropical peatland
• Assessment of impacts of fire and land use change on
tropical peatland
• Review of natural resource functions of tropical peatland
• Model ecohydrological plan for tropical peatland
catchments
• Guidelines for environmental impact assessment of tropical
peatlands
• Guidelines for wise use of peatlands in Borneo
PROPOSAL TO INCO-DEV
FRAMEWORK 6?
Restoration of tropical
peatland to support
sustainable livelihoods
– Impact of fire and land
use change on peat
swamp forest and
peoples’ livelihoods
– Evaluation of sector
development and
conservation
– Restoration problems,
possibilities and
procedures