The interaction between swamp and hydrology in the equatorial zone of South East Asia

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25709041
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Hydraulic engineering
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Kozan Osamu 京都大学, 東南アジア研究所, 准教授 (70402089)
• Research Collaborator: Haris Gunawan インドネシア泥炭地回復庁, 次官
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 熱帯泥炭 / 泥炭火災 / 再湿地化 / 大気汚染

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.

Free Research Field

水文学，大気陸面相互作用