Integrating Forest Management with Biodiversity Education in Papuan Universities

DAAD Funding measures for Biodiversity

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Kick-off workshop at UNIPA, March 2019

As part of the DAAD Partnerships for Biodiversity in Developing Countries, the project "Integrating forest management with biodiversity education in Papuan Universities" has been approved for the funding period 2019- 2022.

Partners: Georg-August-University Göttingen, HAWK Göttingen, Universitas Papua (UNIPA), Universitas Cenderawasih (UNCEN), Papua/Indonesia, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)

funded by DAAD (funds of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Summary


Papuan forests are very species-rich and the culturally diverse communities are still closely linked to the forest. UNIPA and UNCEN each plan to establish a university forest. This will be used for teaching, research and exchange on forest management with the local population. In the project, concepts for the protection of biodiversity will be developed together with communities and other stakeholders from practice. This will bring together local and academic knowledge and significantly increase the chances of successful implementation in practice.


Project Activities 2021



  • A virtual seminar series was held on October 21-22 and November 11-12 with thematic foci on (1) biodiversity, ecology and conservation (2) social studies and (3) forest science and ecology. Numerous lecturers and students from the partner institutions UGOE, HAWK, UNCEN, UNIPA and UGM as well as guests from other Indonesian universities participated.
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  • Margaretha Pangau-Adam travelled to Papua and will conduct joint field work with colleagues and students from UNCEN in October and November.

  • Everyone else in the project was unable to conduct any field work in Papua due to Corona's worldwide travel restrictions.

  • virtual Science Workshop planned for November
    In August, we will start planning a 3-day scientific meeting with our Papuan partner universities.


    Project Activities 2020


    • joint publication
      Schrader, J., Moeljono, S., Tambing, J., Sattler, C. & Kreft, H. (2020) A new dataset on plant occurrences on small islands, including species abundances and functional traits across different spatial scales

      Schrader, J., Craven, D., Sattler, C., Cámara‐Leret, R.., Moeljono S. & Kreft, H. (2020) Life-history dimensions indicate non-random assembly processes in tropical island tree communities

      Schrader J., Mühlenberg. M., Stinn, C., Mühlberger, F., Weinrich, C., Hofmann, T., Kalor, J. D., Moeljono, S., Parsch, C., & Sattler, C. (2020). An annotated bird checklist for Gam island, Raja Ampat, including field notes on species monitoring and conservation. Forest and Society, 310–329. doi: 10.24259/fs.v4i2.8664

    • module development
      Two modules "Sasi System and Protected Area Management" and "Wildlife Assessment, Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation" have been
      conceptualized and first teaching material compiled.

    • no fieldwork and excursions in Papua
      Due to the COVID-19 situation, the project could not carry out most of the planned activities of 2020. All fieldwork activities had to be postponed. The excursion of the MSc Tropical International Forestry module "development of a forest region" to Papua could not be planned. The online teaching period was used to digitalise all teaching material and field method documentation.

    • March 16th – 22nd 2020: Project meeting with all partners in Göttingen
      The project meeting organized for March had to be cancelled a few days before the start and could only be held virtually.

    • March 19th – 20th 2020:
      Workshop in the DAAD Alumni Special Project "International Forest Assessment and Sustainable Forest Management - International research networks and their relevance for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework" cancelled


      Project Activities 2019


      • March 8th – 16th 2019: Scientific meetings at UNCEN, field work and stakeholder interviews at Nimbokrang
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      • March 18th – 21st: Kick-off workshop with all partners at UNIPA, field visit to forest sites at Ransiki and Warenmomi
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        In October 2019, several student excursions were conducted with the partner universities. The biodiversity monitoring started using camera traps in the education forest of the partner university Universitas Cenderawasih. Furthermore, Michael Mühlenberg was invited to open an international conference of UNCEN in Jayapura.


      • 12-18 October 2019: Excursion for UNCEN students and start of biodiversity monitoring with camera traps in the Nimbokrang forest.
        Kamerafallen Nimbokrang Okt 2019
      • 19-20 October 2019: Opening of an international conference by Michael Mühlenberg in Jayapura.
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      • 22-29 October 2019: Students excursion to Raja Ampat with a focus on marine biodiversity. Data collection for bachelor theses.
        Gruppe Raja Ampat Oktober 2019