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Workshop on Mainstreaming adaptation into Development and Development for Adaptation in Indonesia.

CIFOR- Bogor-Indonesia, June18-19 2008

TroFCCA Southeast Asia will hold a workshop (in Indonesian) on “Mainstreaming Adaptation into Development and Development for Adaptation in Indonesia”. The workshop is a follow up of the Project Kick-off Meeting and the first Dialogue Meeting on Land Movement and Climate Change that were held in 2006.

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TroFCCA in News: Sektor Pertanian Paling Terpukul (Agriculture Sector gets Hurt Most)

Kompas Daily, 23 June 2007 Global warming is really happening and may cause a real threat to human being such as unpredictable weather, high intensity of rainfalls and many kinds of natural disasters. “All of these should warn public in general that the climate change is happening now and human being will be difficult to adapt if the earth is warming too fast”, said Dr Heru Santoso, Asia Coordinator of TroFCCA Project, CIFOR-Bogor.

2007 Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change

Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam - Netherlands, 24–26 May 2007

The 2007 Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental was the seventh event in the series of annual European Conferences on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. It addressed the theme "Earth System Governance: Theories and Strategies for Sustainability", and had an objective to integrate the latest development on the human dimensions research.

Training Workshop On Climate Change Sparks Strong Media Interest

CIFOR & WWF prepare for COP 13-UNFCCC in Bali, December 2007

A training workshop in Indonesia has helped journalists identify some of the key issues they face when reporting on climate change and forests. The CIFOR-WWF workshop was held in early May in Jakarta with the aim of enhancing the media's knowledge and reporting of the often complex issues surrounding climate change.

TroFCCA in News: Adaptation to climatic changes is imperative

The Jakarta Post, 24 April 2007 TroFCCA Indonesia in collaboration with relevant institutions tries to minimize the lost that is caused by land movement related disasters in Indonesia. By carrying out vulnerability assessment and promoting adaptation strategy based policies, TroFCCA intends to improve adaptation capacity and climate change related land use management in Indonesia.

First Dialogue Meeting on Land Movement and climate change: "Adaptation to future Land movement threats caused by climate change"

CIFOR, Bogor-Indonesia, 7-8 December 2006

TroFCCA Indonesia in collaboration with relevant institutions tries to minimize the lost that is caused by land movement related disasters in Indonesia. As a result of climate change, the frequency and severity of this disaster are likely to increase in the future.

2nd International Workshop on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change

Dhaka - Bangladesh, 24-28 February 2007 Community Based Adaptation practices in developing countries aim at increasing the resilience of local communities who are directly affected by the climate change. The workshop has a main objective of sharing the latest developments of adaptation programs, priorities and solutions.

Fire, Ecosystems and People: Threats and Strategies for Global Biodiversity Conservation

Report of regional workshop on Global Fire Assessment organized by TNC and Center for Fire Research and Outreach, UC Berkeley.

Fire plays a vital role in maintaining many ecosystems and the local communities that depend on them. On the other hand, too much, or the wrong kind of fire can be a serious threat to some ecosystems and to people. In order to develop effective conservation strategies, we have to understand the relationships among fire, ecosystems and people.

Heru Santoso of TroFCCA Indonesia contributed to the workshop and the writing of the report. His presentation slide during the regional workshop on Global Fire Assesment in April 2006 can be found here.

The full workshop report is available here and more information can be found at http://www.nature.org/.

Research Scholarship: A call for Proposal

CIFOR's TroFCCA Southeast Asia Project invites applications / proposals for research scholarship in the area of climate change adaptation. The research will have to be in Indonesia.

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TroFCCA Southeast Asia Kick off Meeting

TroFCCA project in Southeast Asia will hold its regional kick-off meeting on May 29-30, 2006 in Bogor, Indonesia, to formally launch its activities in the region.

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Mudslides in Leyte, Philippines

On February 17, 2006, a series of mudslides caused widespread damage and loss of life in St. Bernard, Leyte, Philippines. More than 2,000 residents were missing or dead. A ten-day torrential rain and a possibly minor earthquake of magnitude 2.6 are the causes of the landslides.

International Workshop on Client-oriented Agrometeorological Service to Support Agricultural Development

International Workshop on client-oriented agrometeorological service to support agriculture development: climate variability contributes greatly to agriculture production, directly and indirectly (e.g. pest and diseases outbreak due to conducive climate condition). However, the use of climate information for supporting agriculture development is still very low.

Workshop on Vulnerability of Carbon Pools of Tropical Peatlands in Asia

Tropical peatland ecosystem is an important terrestrial carbon pools facing tremendous pressure leading to large amount of carbon emissions and at the same time vulnerable to the changing climate. Adaptation strategies received greater attention for the sustainable use of the ecosystem.

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Workshop on Vulnerability of Carbon Pools of Tropical Peatlands in Asia

Sixty-one participants from 10 different countries attended an international workshop on the vulnerability of Asian tropical peatlands in Pekanbaru, Riau (Sumatra) on 24 – 26 January 2006. This workshop was organized by Global Environmental Centre (GEC, Kuala Lumpur), Global Carbon Project (GCP, Canberra) and CIFOR. Tropical peatland ecosystem is an important terrestrial carbon pools facing tremendous pressure leading to large amount of carbon emissions and at the same time vulnerable to the changing climate.

This workshop was designed as an instrument for compiling and synthesizing existing knowledge and data sets in relation to process of carbon dynamics, analyzing scientific inputs for the development of methodologies to support sustainable management and conservation of peatlands, and to design new analyses to assess future carbon emissions from tropical peatlands.

Thirty five papers were presented in the plenary on the first two days. They were grouped into six sessions, namely: extent and C-content, land cover change and fire, ecosystem C-exchange, management and adaptation strategies for reducing vulnerability, and modeling tools and applications.

Overall, the workshop highlighted the vulnerability of the peatlands ecosystems, as well as the importance of adaptation measures to reduce the vulnerability. During the break-out sessions, it appeared that a holistic approach of the goods and services of the ecosystem have to be considered in the assessment of impacts and vulnerabilities to climate change. In the case of decentralized Indonesia, science-policy dialogues at both national and regional levels can be the key for the success of the implementation of the adaptation strategies.

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