Authors:
Maija Lampela, Markku Larjavaara, Jyrki Jauhiainen, Uras Tantulo, Adi Jaya, Suwido Limin and Harri Vasander
Book:
Proceedings of the 14th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Stockholm
Keywords:
capacity-building, education, reforestation, restoration, tropical-peatlands
Documentfile:
Lampela et al 2012: STEM - Enhancing Academic Capacity and Awareness of the Challenges and Threats on Tropical Peatlands
Summary:
Theme IX. Tropical peatlands
SUMMARY
STEM is a 1.5 year long academic capacity building project between the University of Palangka Raya in Central Kalimantan Indonesia and the University of Helsinki Finland funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. The main goals of the project are sharing knowledge in communications, internationalization, academic pedagogies, research methodology, global environmental policies, restoration and rehabilitation of degraded peat swamp ecosystems and carbon cycle. STEM complements the decade-long collaboration between CIMTROP and Finnish researchers concentrating on GHG-dynamics and restoration of tropical peatlands in Central Kalimantan.