Professor Jack Rieley, UNINOT

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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
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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

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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

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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

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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 Rieleys 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

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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

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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

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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

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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