A Japan-Indonesia research collaboration project has developed a
new peatland mapping system that will help scientists to more-
accurately estimate the size of carbon reservoirs in peat
forests and monitor the annual carbon flux in the area, a
Japanese scientist says. Mitsuru Osaki, a visiting expert in
plant physiology from Hokkaido University, Japan, said on
Thursday that the Integrated Measurement, Reporting and
Verification (MRV) system developed during the research project
could play a critical role in the recovery and maintenance of
tropical peat forests in Indonesia. With this system, scientists
could gain more precise scientific data on the conditions of
peatland, such as its density and thickness, needed to develop
effective carbon management in these areas, he said. “By using
cutting-edge technologies and science, this system can help us
to manage carbon in the tropical peatland,” Osaki told a two-day
international symposium on “Wild Fire and Carbon Management in
Peat-Forest in Indonesia”, which bega