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13/09/2013 Highlight and Up ‐ date Blue Carbon Program in Indonesia Blue Carbon Research Group Research Center for Coastal and Marine Resources Agency for Research & Development of Marine & Fisheries(Balitbang KP) Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries email : bluecarbon.indonesia (at) kkp.go.id or andreas (at) kkp.go.id 1 Out Lines 1. Introduction & Definition 2. Blue Carbon: The GAPS 3. Scientific Observation 4. Communication & Outreach Strategy 5. Way Forward 2 1

13/09/2013 NATIONAL ACTION PLAN – GREEN HOUSE GASES FORESTRY AND President Commitment made at the G20 Meeting PEAT LAND (Pittsburgh) and COP15 (Copenhagen) on Indonesia GHG Emission AGRICULTURE ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION Self effort Self effort and assistance from outside INDUSTRY WASTE Coastal & BLUE CARBON Marine 3 The Colors of CARBON BLACK/BROWN CARBON (Atmosfer) GREEN CARBON (Forest ) BLUE CARBON (Coastal ‐ Marine) 4 [Hoekstra, 2008] 2

13/09/2013 BLUE CARBON: Definisi Biological carbon captured by coastal-marine living organisms by photosynthetic process (ex. Mangroves, Seagrass, Seaweed and Chlorophyll ) 5 GOALS Coastal-Marine ”Blue Carbon” in Indonesian Waters Scientific Findings Scientific Findings Coastal-Marine Blue Carbon Policy 6 3

13/09/2013  Flow Chart Metodology of Integrated Blue Carbon Study Meteorological Data Social & Economic e.g. Air temp, precipitation,wind Satellite OC Images Satellite OC Images Modis-SST&Chl Time Series Observations Blue MODEL Oceanography Carbon (Physic-Chem-Bio) e.g. pCO2, PAM,Chl, Temp, sal, PON, POC, DIC etc Marine biology Data e.g. Seagrass & Verification Mangrove, coral, etc Satellite Images of Alos & Landsat 7 Mangrove Distribution in Indonesia Total Area: 3.11 million Ha (The largest on Earth) (Giri et al , 2011) Annual Rate - Deforestation 0,3 % 22,6 % of Global Mangrove 8 4

13/09/2013 Total Seagrass Area in Indonesia: 300.000 Km 2 (The largest on Earth) 9 Carbon Burial Rate Among Ecosystems Mangroves & Seagrass Mcleod, et al., 2012 10 5

13/09/2013 2. BLUE CARBON : THE GAPS Why the critical role of coastal and marine ecosystems are overlooked in global climate change discussions ? 11 The Reasons : 1. Lack of scientific basis due to complexity of coastal-marine ecosystems. 2. Status of the ecosystems as common property resources 3. Limited national-international attentions and available funding. 12 6

13/09/2013 3. Scientific Observations – The Sites Derawan 3 Sites in CTI and Islands 2 Sites outside CTI Tomini Bay Banten Bay Tj. Lesung Nusa Penida CORAL TRIANGLE REGION 13 4. COMMUNICATION and OUTREACH STRATEGY on BLUE CARBON To create an effective communication and outreach to educate and engage the public to help increase their understanding and cares on Blue Carbon Ecosystems. 14 7

13/09/2013 Blue Carbon - Comm & Outreach Strategic Forum for Indonesian Blue Carbon Stakeholders # This forum plans to have regular meeting to discuss both scientific and policy of Blue Carbon. # Plans to have capacity building for young scentists # The last meeting was attanded more than 20 institutions from goverment, international organisations, NGOs and Universities 15 Blue Carbon - Comm & Outreach Strategic Radio & Tv Translate Blue Carbon’s book into Indonesian Languange News paper Newspaper 16 8

13/09/2013 Blue Carbon - Comm & Outreach Strategic Int’ Seminar in Manila & Sydney Workshop BC at UNEP, Nairobi Blue Carbon Assesment Carbon Stock assesment in Abu Dhabi-UEA 17 training in Trang, Thailand Way forward: • National Seminar on Blue Carbon in 6 ‐ 7 November 2013 Goals: Develop National Scientific Plan on Blue Carbon for 2014 ‐ 2019 18 9

13/09/2013 Thank You !! Blue Carbon Center Research and Development Agency (Balitbang KP) Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries email : bluecarbon.indonesia@kkp.go.id 19 10