SUWIDO H. LIMIN, UNPAR Achievements, problems and plans EU INCO-DEV STRAPEAT PROJECT STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF PEATLAND IN BORNEO

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 ( )

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 ( ) Asia-Link Project (funded by EU): New Educational Tools for Sustainable Management of Peatlands in the Humid Tropics

ACHIEVEMENTS Involvement on Regional Planning of Peatland Area –Legislation on fire –Sustainable development of peatland, Jakarta 20 Sept 2002 Publication: –International Journal for the Management of Tropical peatland “TROPICAL PEATLANDS” –Seminar/Workshop/Symposium Data base : - literature Training : –Darma Nasir (PhD) : livelihood –Yulintine (MSc) : Human impact on benthic communities

Staff Management PROBLEMS

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 FUTURE PLANS

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