Faculty of Geography Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) collaborate with Wageningen University (WUR) and Research Center for Oceanography – National Research and Innovation Agency (RCO-BRIN)
March 20th 2023 at RCO-BRIN Office, Ancol, Jakarta.
This workshop discussed the correlation and impact of sea turtle grazing activity to the seagrass ecosystems resilience, especially in Derawan Island, East Kamilantan Province, Indonesia.
We also discussing about the challenges and opportunities to map the seagrass ecosystems in Indonesia, with the latest updates of National Seagrass Mapping Project – Towards A National Seagrass Map of Indonesia presented by Dr. Pramaditya Wicaksono
Regarding the main topic of this workshop, we shared experiences to build a capacity of local society hence become citizen scientist with many purposes, such as monitoring the seagrass ecosystem and collecting the seagrass data. We’ve learn lots lessons from SeaSnap program developed by Dr. Marjolijn Christianen (Wageningen University) and Seagrass Spotter program developed by Project Seagrass, presented by Dr. Benjamin Jones (President of the World Seagrass Association and Chief Conservation Officer at Project Seagrass)
This workshop was attended by, as follows:
1. Blue Carbon Research Group, Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Dr. Pramaditya Wicaksono, M.Sc.
Setiawan Djody Harahap, S.Si
2. Wageningen University
Dr. Marjolijn Christianen
Dr. Rebecca James
Jordon Gijsbers
3. Research Center for Oceanography (RCO) – BRIN
Bayu Prayudha, M.Sc
Sofia Yuniar Sani, S.Sos
Muhammad Hafizt, M.Sc. (online)
Susi Rahmawati, M.Bio.Sc.
Husein Rifai, M.Bio.Sc
Dr. Kevin Muhammad
Siti Sulha, S.E.
4. Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fishery
Dr. Novi Susetyo Adi
5. LAMINA
Dr. Wawan Kiswara
6. Yayasan Konservasi Indonesia
Hanggar Prasetio
7. Korea-Indonesia MTCRC
8. IPB University
9. Borneo University
