Developing better understanding on tropical peat fire occurrences and dynamics

E I Putra; M A Cochrane; B H Saharjo; Laura L B Graham; A Thomas; Grahame B Applegate; A Saad; E Setianto; S Sutikno; A Prayitno

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Developing better understanding on tropical peat fire occurrences and dynamics

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Developing better understanding on tropical peat fire occurrences and dynamics

E I Putra, M A Cochrane, B H Saharjo, Laura L B Graham, A Thomas, Grahame B Applegate, A Saad, E Setianto, S Sutikno and A Prayitno

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol.394(1), 012044

International Conference on Tropical Silviculture (ICTS): Forest Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development, 2nd (Bogor, Indonesia, 10-Sep-2019–11-Sep-2019)

Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/394/1/012044

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gas emissions

greenhouse gases

NASA

peat

planning

sustainable development

tropics

wetlands

Peatland fires are a significant contributor to Indonesia's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, particularly during ENSO events, in drained areas, and upon first and second burns. This NASA-funded project will provide the necessary fire emissions research and expertise to increase capability of peatland fire emission quantification. The first three years of the project (2014-2017) focused on the development of methods to assess peat-fire relations and improve peat fire emission calculations, with initial data from the core area; BOSF-Mawas in Central Kalimantan. The second phase of the project (2017-2020) expanding to a national level to better advance Indonesia's capabilities for peatland carbon emissions, increasing the data volume and knowledge in the core area, and on transplanting these methods to other peatland provinces in Indonesia, e.g., Riau and Jambi. Here, we establish and monitor dipwells and subsidence plots in Central Kalimantan, Riau, and Jambi to better understand the effect of hydrology to the peat fire. To better understand the peat fire typology and dynamics, we develop the new method for Fire Scene Evaluation and measured some peat and peat fire properties. This paper compiling the project overview, researches have been done and on-going researches in Central Kalimantan, Riau, Jambi, and Papua provinces, and some essential findings of the project.

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Title: Developing better understanding on tropical peat fire occurrences and dynamics
Authors: E I Putra (Author) - Faculty of Forestry IPB University, Indonesia
M A Cochrane (Author) - University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences, United States
B H Saharjo (Author) - Faculty of Forestry IPB University, Indonesia
Laura L B Graham (Author) - Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF), Indonesia
A Thomas (Author) - Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF), Indonesia
Grahame B Applegate (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
A Saad (Author) - Jambi University, Indonesia
E Setianto (Author) - KKI-WARSI, Indonesia
S Sutikno (Author) - Riau University, Indonesia
A Prayitno (Author) - Riau University, Indonesia
Publication details: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol.394(1), 012044; 5
Conference details: International Conference on Tropical Silviculture (ICTS): Forest Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development, 2nd (Bogor, Indonesia, 10-Sep-2019–11-Sep-2019)
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/394/1/012044
ISSN: 1755-1307; 1755-1315
Copyright note: Copyright ©. Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.
Organisation Unit: Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450837002621
Output Type: Conference paper

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