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Saturday, November 11

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Event title	Real-Time Ground Water Table (GWT) Monitoring at tropical peatlands: Experiences from Indonesia
Contents	In late 2015, the large-scale peatland fires occurred in Indonesia and 2.6 million ha was estimated to be burned with the GHG emissions of more than 1.5 Gt CO2-e, which are higher than the annual emission of Germany. The Government of Indonesia was quick to respond to this disaster by establishing Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) in January, 2016. Meanwhile, there is a scientific evidence that the number of hotspots correlates with the GWT and amount of CO2 emissions that are caused by peat decomposition also correlate with the GWT. Furthermore, real-time GWT can be monitored through the analysis of satellite data. Based on such scientific findings and satellite technology, a team of researchers from Indonesia and Japan has been developing a real-time GWT monitoring system that directly contributes to fire risk early warning as well as calculation of CO2 emissions through peat decomposition. This event aims to share the work in progress on the development of the real-time GWL monitoring system.
Keywords	Peatlands, MRV, Peat decomposition, Peat fire
Speakers Name and Title	Nazir Foead, Head of Peatland Restoration Agency, Government of Indonesia Haris Gunawan, Deputy of Peatland Restoration Agency, Government of Indonesia Joko Prihatno, Director for GHG Inventory, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Government of Indonesia OSAKI Mitsuru, Professor Emeritus, Hokkido University TAKAHASHI Hidenori, Director, Hokkaido Institute of Hydro-Climate KUBO Hideyuki, JICA Expert
Organiser / Co-organiser	Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Government of Indonesia

Report

Final Programme

Opening Remarks (10 min.)

JICA’s efforts in the field of Forest & Land Fire and Peatland Restoration in Indonesia

Mr. Takahiro MORITA, Deputy Director General, Global Environment Department, JICA, Japan

Key Note Speech (10 min.)

Peatland Restoration in Indonesia and Future Perspective.

Mr. Nazir Foead, Head of Peatland Restoration Agency, Indonesia

Panel Discussion (60 min., , 12 min.*4 Panelists)

Collaborative Actions on Peatland Restoration in Indonesia.

Dr. Alue Dohong, Deputy Chief for Construction, Operation and Maintenance Peatland Restoration Agency, Indonesia

Real-time Remote Monitoring System of Groundwater and Ground Surface Levels in Peatland

Dr. Hidenori TAKAHASHI, Director, Hokkaido Institute of Hydro-climate, Japan

‘SESAME’-Application of Field Data Transmission System-

Dr. Mitsuru OSAKI, Professor Emeritus /Research Fellow, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan

Contribution toward First NDC Indonesia Target

Dr. Ir. Joko Prihatno, Director of GHG Inventory and MRV, Ministry for Environment and Forestry, Indonesia

Moderator of the Panel Discussion

Dr. Hideyuki KUBO, JICA Expert in Indonesia

Q&A (10 min)

Closing

Name and organisation of the person(s) who prepared the summary

Takao Nagumo, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

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