DAAD Forest Asia Workshop
The 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 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.
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.
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.
- Introduction Seminar on 29.01.2014, Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Christoph Kleinn
Dr. Marlene Diekmann
Dr. Cornelis Van Tuyll
International students
Dr. Timm Tennigkeit, UNIQUE forestry and land use GmbH
International students
Preliminary Workshop Program (16. - 22.03.2014, Bogor and Jakarta)
Sunday 16th March: Arrival Day
All Day: Arrival of participants, Transfer from Airport to 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 Bogor Botanical Garden
Thursday 20th March: 4th Workshop day: Field trip
All day: Excursion to the Pangrango National Park
Evening: Transfer to Jakarta (Hotel All Seasons)
Friday 21th March: 5th Workshop day in Jakarta (International Day of 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
8:30 - 9:30: Evaluation, Plenary: Intro: Prof. Dr. Christoph Kleinn, Meeting Minutes: All participants
09:30 - 10:00: Coffee/tea break
10:00 - 10:30: Workshop wrap up
10:30 - 11:00: Evaluation, Closing Session
Afternoon: Departure of participants
Workshop venue
Details about the workshop venue and planned field trip will be announced soon
