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The [http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/67094.html Chair of Forest Inventory and Remote Sensing] at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen is this year hosting the 4th International DAAD  Alumni and Student Workshop on "Ecological and Economic Challenges of Managing Forested Landscapes in a Global Context - Focus: Asia” that will take place in Bogor and Jakarta (16. - 22. March 2014).
For more information on the background and history of our workshop series along international conferences see [[DAAD FD5 Workshop]] or [[DAAD FD6 Workshop]]!

==Background==
 
Forests and trees outside the forest play a relevant role in all three great UN conventions (on Climate Change, on Biodiversity, and on Combatting Desertification). The policy processes to implement the measures in these conventions on sub-national, national, regional and international level are extremely complex. And that complexity comes, among other factors, from a blend of different sectoral and national interests, from a large number of scientifically not yet entirely resolved issues and a wide range of different biophysical, social, cultural and political conditions all over the world. 
It is a challenge for academia to educate the future decision makers (who are our students today) in a way that they are enthusiastic about the overall relevance of these processes – but also about the many details that are to be worked on. And it is a challenge to integrate this education into regular curricula because various dimensions need to be covered in a field that is rapidly further developing. On the other hand, these processes offer a unique possibility to illustrate the important – and sometimes somewhat neglected – science-policy interface.
The Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology started in 2010 to implement a new format of what we would call “long-term / sustainable national capacity building”: we organize a workshop on “Forest and Climate” for master-students and professors from partner universities (alumni of German universities)

==Guest lectures==
The program for our workshop is divided in two parts. Before we meet on our workshop in Bogor and Jakarta there will be an introductory seminar with guest lectures held at the University of Göttingen. These presentations will give an  introduction to the climate change- policy process and the role of  forests in this context. The lectures are open to all interested. For  those students who are not in Göttingen and for the international alumni participating in our workshop, a comprehensive abstract will be  prepared. We are happy about high level speakers.

==Introduction seminar papers (29.01.2014, Aula am Waldweg, U Göttingen)==
The presentations will be held at Wednesday, 29. January 2014 from 8:30 to 13:00 in the [http://maps.google.de/maps?q=51.543666,9.944235&num=1&t=h&z=18 Aula am Waldweg]. The seminar is open for public.

===08:30 - 09:30 Knowledge brokering in a challenging global context===
'''Dr. Cornelis Van Tuyll''', Senior Advisor GIZ (retired)

Dr. Van Tuyll is retired from GIZ, the German Agency for International Cooperation, and has been working as advisor forestry Asia, as Head of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development in GIZ. He has 30 years of experience in technical cooperation in particular in SE Asia.

'''[[:File:van_Tuyll_29-01-2014.pdf|Download Presentation]]'''

===09:30 - 10:30 Forests and land use in the tropics: challenges in their role in climate change mitigation and adaptation===
'''Prof. Dr. Markku Kanninen''', University of Helsinki, Finnland

Prof. Kanninen is a professor of Tropical Silviculture. He was formerly  scientific director at CATIE, Costa Rica, and at CIFOR, Indonesia. He is  a member of the UNFCCC Adaptation Fund Board.

'''[[:File:2014-01_Göttingen_Kanninen.pdf|Download Presentation]]'''

===10:30 - 11:00 Coffe break===



===11:00 - 12:00 Forest Sciences have an important place in the international agriculural research system! Opportunities for collaboration===
'''Dr. Marlene Diekmann''', GIZ, Bonn, 

Dr. Diekmann is Senior Advisor, Advisory Group on International Agricultural Research, German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)


===12:00 - 13:00 Sustainable intensification and landscape approach: Silver bullets for REDD+ implementation?===
'''Dr. Timm Tennigkeit''', UNIQUE forestry and land use GmbH, Freiburg

Dr.  Tennigkeit is a managing director of UNIQUE forestry and land use GmbH and has comprehensive experience in the implementation of carbon forestry projects in Africa and Asia.

'''[[:File:Tennigkeit_29-01-2014.pdf|Download Presentation]]'''


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File:Christoph_Kleinn.jpg|Prof. Dr. Christoph Kleinn
File:Dieckmann.jpg|Dr. Marlene Diekmann
File:van_Tuyll.jpg|Dr. Cornelis Van Tuyll
File:students.jpg|International students
File:Tennigkeit.jpg|Dr. Timm Tennigkeit, UNIQUE forestry and land use GmbH
File:students_close.jpg|International students
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==Preliminary Workshop Program (16. - 22.03.2014, Bogor and Jakarta)==

===Sunday 16th March: Arrival Day===

'''All Day:''' Arrival of participants, Transfer from Airport to [http://amarishotel.com/amaris-bogor Amaris Hotel Padjajaran Bogor]

'''19:30:''' Welcome Dinner, Amaris Hotel Padjajaran Bogor  

'''18:30 - 20:00:''' Internal meeting of organization committee

===Monday 17th March: 1st Workshop Day at IPB, Bogor===

'''09:00 - 10:00:''' Transfer from Amaris Hotel to IPB Campus Dramaga

'''10:00 - 10:30:''' Arrival at IPB - Registration of participants

'''10:30 - 11:00:''' Welcome and Opening Addresses, ''NN and Prof. I Nengah Surati Jaya (TBC)'', Organizational issues, ''Prof. Christoph Kleinn, U Göttingen''

'''11:00 - 11:30:''' Keynote paper: Forestry in Indonesia ''Prof. Bambang, Dean of Faculty of Forestry, IPB''
 
====Session: Carbon====

Moderation: ''Prof. Dr. Yusuf Sudohadi'', Session Minutes ''Peter Achuu, Ruffy Rodrigo and Sabina Maiya Prajapati'' 

'''11:30 - 11:50:''' An overview of carbon forestry in China, ''Haijun Yang''

'''11:50 - 12:10:''' The Carbon Impacts of forest restoration of natural degraded forest in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam, ''Chien Nguyen The''

'''12:10 - 12:30:''' Soil Carbon Sequestration under different land use systems in Attapady Valley of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Western Ghats, India, ''Sowmya Chandramouli''

'''12:30 - 13:30:''' Lunch break

====Session: Diversity====

Moderation: ''Prof. Dr. Yusuf Sudohadi'', Session Minutes ''Peter Achuu, Ruffy Rodrigo and Sabina Maiya Prajapati''

'''13:30 - 13:50:''' The Success and Failure of Biodiversity Conservation in Indonesia, ''Dr. Satyawan Pudyatmoko''

'''13:50 - 14:10:''' Managing Himalayan biodiversity : A case of assessment and monitoring of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) in Nepal, ''Bharat Budhathapa''

'''14:10 - 14:30:''' Forest diversity and its implications for biomass estimation approaches in Indonesia, ''Intan Edriani; Edwine Purnama, U Göttingen''

'''14:30 - 14:50:''' Study on the Stand Spatial Structure and Species Diversity of different forest types, ''Wu Ping, U Hefei''

'''14:50 - 15:20:''' Coffee/tea break

====Session: Water====

Moderation: 

'''15:20 - 15:40:''' Integrated Management of Forest, Water and Land resources : Opportunities in Nepal and Zambia, ''Likulunga Emmanuel Likulunga; Sabina Maiya Prajapati, U Göttingen''

'''15:40 - 16:00:''' Soil Properties and Water Conservation Function of the Natural Secondary Broad-leaved Forests in Northern Sub-Tropics , ''Qing-feng Huang, U Hefei''

'''16:00 - 16:20:''' Forest, Water and People in India, ''Marimuthuram Mahendran, U Göttingen''

===Tuesday 18th March: 2nd Workshop Day at CIFOR, Bogor===

====Session: CIFOR====

Moderation: ''Prof. Dr. Achim Dohrenbusch'', Session Minutes ''Mac Elikem Kwabla Nutsuakor, Pradip Kumar Sarker'' 

'''8:30-10:00:''' Transport to CIFOR headquarter, Bogor

'''10:00 - 10:20:''' Welcome address (''NN CIFOR'')

'''10:20 - 11:00:''' Presentation: CIFORs Strategy in Global Forest Research, ''NN, CIFOR''

'''11:00 - 11:30:''' Coffee/tea break

'''11:30 - 12:00:''' Presentation 1: CIFOR Specific Topic, ''NN, CIFOR'' 

'''12:00 - 12:30:''' Presentation 2: CIFOR Specific Topic, ''NN, CIFOR'' 

'''12:30 - 13:30:''' Lunch break

====Session: Higher education in forestry====

Moderation: ''Prof. Dr. Christoph Kleinn'', Session Minutes ''Likulunga Emmanuel Likulunga, Yayan Wahyu Candra Kusuma , Marimuthuram Mahendran'' 

'''13:30 - 13:50:''' Expectations on forest academic education, ''Prof. Dr. Achim Dohrenbusch, U Göttingen''

'''13:50 - 14:10:''' What does CIFOR expect — what dos CIFOR offer regarding academic forstry education?, ''NN, CIFOR, tbc''

'''14:10 - 14:30:''' Work-integrated Learning in Forestry Education in South Africa: From Theory to Practice, ''Cori Ham; Antoinette Smith-Tolken, U Stellenbosch''

'''14:30 - 14:50:''' The role of field labs in academic forestry education, ''Prof. Dr. Hanns Höfle, U Götingen''

'''14:50 - 15:10:''' International forest related education in Germany – an overview , ''Sabine Schreiner, U Göttingen''

===Wednesday 19th March: 3rd Workshop Day at City campus, Bogor===

Moderation: ''Dr. Vindhya Prasad Tewari'', Session Minutes ''Bharat Budhathapa, Sowmya Chandramouli, Wu Ping'' 

====Session: Applications====

'''09:00 - 09:20:''' Hyperspectral data for forest inventories, ''Henning Aberle, U Göttingen''

'''09:20 - 09:50:''' Comparing digital elevation models for illumination correction of satellite images in mountainous landscapes of Anhui Province, China, ''Dr. Hans Fuchs; Nils Nölke, U Göttingen''

'''09:50 - 10:10:''' Comparing the precision of biomass estimates from a sample based forest inventory and a model-assisted approach utilizing small footprint LiDAR data. A case study from a tropical peat swamp forest in Central Kalimantan, ''Dr. Paul Magdon, U Göttingen''

'''10:10 - 10:40:''' Coffee/tea break

'''10:40 - 11:00:''' Comparison of basal area estimated from angle count method and fixed area plots; a case study in tropical peat swamp forest, ''Yanti Sarodja, U Göttingen'' 

'''11:00 - 11:20:''' Is it possible to monitor forest degradation with a single invenotry? A case study in peat swamp forest in Indonesia, ''Dr. César Pérez-Crusado, U Göttingen''

====Session: REDD & Country studies====

Moderation: ''NN'', Session Minutes ''Marimuthuram Mahendran, Intan Edriani'' 

'''11:20 - 11:40:''' A review of the status and trends of forest cover in Bangladesh and Philippines, ''Ruffy Rodrigo; Pradip Kumar Sarker, U Göttingen''

'''11:40 - 12:00:''' Comparative study on practices of community forestry between Nepal and Uganda, ''Meena Suyal Chhetri, U Göttingen; Peter Achuu, U Freiburg''

'''12:00 - 13:00:''' Lunch break

'''13:00 - 13:20:''' Transformation systems monitoring of tropical forested landscape in Jambi Province, Sumatra, ''Dian Melati, U Göttingen; Mohamed Zuhdi, U Jambi'' 

'''13:20 - 13:40:''' Managing Tropical Forest Landscapes in a Changing Global Scenario with special reference to India, ''Vindhya Prasad Tewari, IWST Bangalore''

'''13:40 - 14:00:''' Role of the CREMA Concept in REDD: A case study in Ghana, ''Mac Elikem K. Nutsuakor, U Göttingen; Natalia Reyes Tejada, U Freiburg''

'''14:00 - 14:20:''' Prospects and Challenges of REDD+ implementation in Local Communities in Indonesia, ''Yayan Wahyu Candra Kusuma, U Göttingen; Aprian Retno Kusumaningtyas, UGM Yogyakarta''

'''14:20 - 14:40:''' Allometry of big buttress trees - A challenge for forest monitoring, ''Nils Nölke, Prof. Dr. I Nengha Surati Jaya, Dr. Tatang Tiryana, Dr. Lutz Fehrmann, Prof. Dr. Christoph Kleinn, U Göttingen''

'''14:40 - 15:00:''' Coffee/tea break

'''15:00 - open:''' Visit of [http://www.bogorbotanicgardens.org/ Bogor Botanical Garden]

===Thursday 20th March: 4th Workshop day: Field trip===

'''All day:''' Excursion to the [http://www.dephut.go.id/uploads/INFORMASI/TN%20INDO-ENGLISH/gedepangrango_NP.htm Pangrango National Park]

'''Evening:''' Transfer to Jakarta (Hotel All Seasons)

===Friday 21th March: 5th Workshop day in Jakarta ([http://www.un.org/en/events/forestsday/ International Day Of The Forests!)]===

'''9:00 - 10:30:''' Group work on full papers and conference proceedings

'''10:30 - 11:00:''' Coffee/tea break

'''11:00 - open:''' Group work on full papers and conference proceedings

===Saturday 22nd March: 6th Workshop day in Jakarta===

'''8:00 - 9:00:''' Opening plenary

'''9:00 - 10:30:''' Workshop Wrap-Up

'''10:30 - 11:00:''' Break

'''11:00 - 12:00:''' Workshop evaluation, Closing session

'''Afternoon:''' Departure of participants

==Workshop venue==
Details about the workshop venue and planned field trip will be announced soon


==Travel information==

*[http://wikitravel.org/en/Bogor Bogor (Wikitravel.org)]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogor Bogor (Wikipedia)]
*[http://www.bogorbotanicgardens.org/tentang.php Bogor Botanical Gardens]





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