Indonesia Coastal Food Resource Monitoring Workshop and Seminar (PUSPICS UGM – RSRC UQ)

Protecting Indonesia’s food resources is a high priority for the Indonesian Government. The islands of Indonesia are surrounded by coral reefs, seagrass and mangroves which form the main habitat for various aquatic food sources (e.g. fish, shellfish, algae). Monitoring and managing these coastal environments is essential to sustain them and their associated food resources. Regular maps are required, to define the extent and condition of these habitats. This information is essential for baseline inventory of habitat and food stocks, and monitoring their change to support management strategies.

To achieve these goals, PUSPICS Faculty of Geography UGM in collaboration with The Remote Sensing Research Centre (RSRC) from The University of Queensland (UQ) Australia developed “Capacity Building in Coastal Food Resource Monitoring” project. This project was aimed to develop operational methods for coastal zone baseline monitoring which are required to manage and sustain coastal food supplies. It has three components, including field workshop in Karimunjawa Island (4-8 April 2016), laboratory workshop at PUSPICS UGM (30 May-1 June 2016), and one day seminar at The Faculty of Geography UGM (2 June 2016). This project was funded by Australia-Indonesia Institute, and supported by Indonesian Geospatial Information Agency (BIG) and National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN).

 

This project was coordinated by Dr. Chris Roelsfema and Prof. Stuart Phinn of UQ, and Drs. Projo Danoedoro, M.Sc., Ph.D, Muhammad Kamal, MGIS., PhD, and Dr. Pramaditya Wicaksono of UGM. From the PUSPICS UGM side, this project expands the horizon of coastal remote sensing knowledge and enhances the experience in developing international collaboration with internationally renowned institution.

 

The workshops gather 25 scientists and students with different scientific background and institutions (UGM, UNDIP, BIG, LAPAN, LIPI, KKP, BIOTROP, TNC, WWF, CII, ReefCheck, WCS and Karimunjawa National Park). The specific objectives for the workshops are:

1. To learn how to implement a mapping process that will result in a map of coastal environmental properties related to food and other resource production.
2. To learn and apply methods for analysing field data in the various environments and preparing it for use as calibration and validation data sources for remotely sensed map products.
3. To understand the controls of the spatial and spectral resolutions of satellite and airborne imaging sensors’ and the resultant information able to be mapped for mangrove, seagrass and coral environments
4. To apply the mapping and validation approaches outlined above with field and satellite image data to map coastal environmental properties related to food and other resource production or mangrove, seagrass and coral environments.
5. To conduct a proper validation of maps of coastal environmental properties related to food and other resource production or mangrove, seagrass and coral environments.
6. To learn how to most effectively communicate the information and accuracy of the maps of coastal environmental properties related to food and other resource production or mangrove, seagrass and coral environments.

The future agenda is to develop collaborative research projects to address strategic issues on coastal area or other environments with the partner institution. As well as exchange the resources, students, and staff members for academic cooperation. (MK 2016)