| Budget Amount *help |
¥24,180,000 (Direct Cost: ¥18,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥5,580,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥5,460,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,260,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥5,980,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,380,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥12,740,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,940,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
I started hydro-meteorological observation in Bengkalis Regency, Riau Province, Indonesia from FY 2013. After the wild fire in March 2014, I established an experimental site for re-wetting in an area of dried devastated peatland in Riau, Sumatra. I worked closely with villagers to choose the site in an abandoned field, blocked canals, and planted local tree species. This experimental site and hydro-meteorological data caught the attention of government, researchers, and the public attention as an example of a solution to mitigation the damage of peatland fire and haze. In response to the peatland fire crisis in 2015, I co-organized the international peat fire symposium “Mitigating Peat fire and Haze; challenge and opportunities” in Jakarta with the Ministry of Forestry and Environment.In the workshop various mitigation measures were discussed and a consensus was reached on the need for re-wetting and reforestation of drying peatland in order to mitigate peatland fire and haze.
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