2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Effects of change from natural forest to plantations on greenhouse gas dynamics in Southeast Asia

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24880021
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Forest science
Research Institution	Kyoto University
Principal Investigator	ITOH Masayuki 京都大学, 東南アジア研究所, 助教 (70456820)
Project Period (FY)	2012-08-31 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	熱帯林 / 泥炭湿地 / 温室効果ガス / 物資循環 / 人為的攪乱
Research Abstract	I set up several sampling sites in tropical peatland areas in Sumatra and Kalimantan, Indonesia. We started observation on greenhouse gases (GHG) emission from soil surface and measure environmental condition such as water table level and temperature, soil water content with considering the typicalland use types. We choose the sites, 1) intact peat swamp forest, 2) groundwater drained forest, 3) bareland after forest fire, and 4) oil palms after fire. Observation results were presented in some scientific meeting and are now being prepared as scientific journal papers. This research will be continued to observe the temporal change after human inpacts.