"Management of the Indonesian Peat Lands: It needs to be imporved "[Special Seminar] (2009/7/9)
Date:July 09 (Thurs.), 2009 16:00 - 18:00
Venue:Seminar Room No.330 on the third floor of Inamori Foundation Memorial Building
Speaker: SUPIANDI Sabiham, CSEAS Visiting Research Fellow from Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
Topic:"Management of the Indonesian Peat Lands: It needs to be imporved"
Abstract:
In Indonesia, people with their modern technology have recently utilized an extensive amount of peat swamp lands for agriculture and other purposes. Although some agricultural businesses in large scales have brought in a lot of profit to the country, the conversion of land has had a dramatic impact on the environment not only of the local area, but also of regions surrounding the land globally. The changes have resulted in the detrimental development of peat swamp lands and huge destruction of the natural resources particularly the forest. The future development of peat swamp lands accordingly needs to be thoroughly improved, and the utilization of such lands should be based on serious consideration of the site specific and functional region of peat ecosystem, the crops that are suitable with capability of peat swamp lands, and the modern technology that is enriched by local knowledge/technology.
Coordinator:Yasuyuki, KONO (CSEAS, Kyoto University)