August 12, 2008 WORKSHOP

WS on Ecosystem function and conservation of tropical forests

Date: August 12th – 13th, 2008
Place: Boarding room, CGER, National Institute Of Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
<some topics of the workshop>
・Canopy CO2 exchange (Yoshiko KOSUGI, Kyoto Univ.)
・Soil organic carbon dynamics of different land use (Minaco ADACHI, NIAES)
・Japanese contributions to the sustainable management of tropical forests (Shigeo KOBAYASHI, Kyoto Univ.)
・Role and function of Bureau of International Partnership (TABUCHI R., FFPRI)
Presentation (August 12, 08)
time speaker / title
9:00 - 9:10 Opening remarks(T. OKUDA, Hiroshima University)
9:10 - 9:20 Welcome remarks(DG or DDG of NIES)
Session -1 Carbon stocks and change
1 9:20 - 9:40 Kosugi, Y., Tani, M., (Kyoto Univ)
Canopy CO2 exchange diurnal and seasonal variations
2 9:40 -10:00 Adachi, M. (NIEAS)
Soil organic carbon dynamics of different land use in Southeast Asia
3 10:00-10:20 Niiyama, K. (FFPRI)
Estimating root biomass based on the excavation of whole root system in a primary dipterocarp forest of Pasoh forest reserve in Peninsular Malaysia
4 10:20-10:40 Saito, T., Yokouchi, Y. (NIES)
10:40-11:00 Coffee break
Session -2 Biodiversity, Forest Structure
5 11:00-11:20 Yoneda, T. (Kagoshima Univ.)
Decay ratio of storm-generated CWD in the Pasoh Forest Reserve
6 11:20-11:40 Yamada, T. (Hiroshima Univ.)
Habitat association of trees in a 50-ha Malaysian rain forest plot
7 11:40-12:00 Suzuki, R. (Tokyo Metro Univ.)
Relationship between growth strategy and spatial pattern of 11 dipterocarp species in a 50-ha plot at the Pasoh Forest Reserve
12:00-13:00 Lunch break
Session -3 Landuse, Landuse change and management, local community
8 13:00-13:20 Mazlan, H. (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Upscaling EVSG mapping based on PFR for development of algorithm and technique using new generation satellite data (hyperspectral, hyperion, ALI, ASTER, MODIS, IKONOS,LIDAR)
9 13:20-13:40 Abe, K. (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
Who cares forest in Malaysia? / Orang Asli community as forest Stewards
10 13:40-14:00 Okuda, T. (Hiroshima Univ.)
Landuse change and its effects on the ecosystem services of the lowland tropical landscape in a peninsular Malaysia
Session -4 database and Institutional networking
11 14:00-14:20 Kobayashi, S. (Kyoto Univ)
Japanese contributions to the sustainable management of tropical forests in Malaysia and Indonesia
12 14:20-14:40 Makmom, Abd. (Universiti Putra Malaysia)
Universiti Putra Malaysia Involvement in NIES-UPM-FRIM Collaboration Project
13 14:40-15:00 Tabuchi, R. (Forestry and Forest Products Research Inst.)
Role and function of Bureau of International Partnership, FFPRI
15:00-15:20 Coffee break
14 15:20-15:40 Supardi, N. (FRIM)
Species Diversity and Abundance of Lianas at the Lowland Dipterocarp Forest of Pasoh
15 15:40-16:00 Yusof, S.M. (Forest Department, Negeri Sembilan and Malacca)
BRIEFING ON FORESTRY SECTOR IN NEGERI SEMBILAN
16 16:00-16:20 Mukai, H. (NIES)
16:20-16:40 Closing remarks (FRIM)
16:40 adjourned

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