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Volume 8, Issue 10 (Suppl)
J Earth Sci Clim Change, an open access
ISSN: 2157-7617
Climate Change 2017
October 19-21, 2017
CLIMATE CHANGE
October 19-21, 2017 | Rome, Italy
4
th
World Conference on
CDEFs securities in high carbon reservoir ecosystem of tropical peatland
Mitsuru Osaki
1
, Takashi Kohyama
1
, Takashi Hirano
1
, Hidenori Takahashi
2
and
Bambang Setiadi
3
1
Hokkaido University, Japan
2
Hokkaido Institute of Hydro-climate, Japan
3
National Research Council of Indonesia, Indonesia
T
he CDEFs security is new concept on estimation andmanagement of high carbon reservoir ecosystem, especially in tropical
peatland such as; climate change security, (bio) diversity security, energy security, food/feed security, and social security.
Peatland is typical case, which relate closely with the CDEFs security, because peatland sustains high water table and high
carbon reservoir, and high biomass productivity, contributing mitigation and adaptation to climate change security, high bio-
diversity, high biomass energy production, high food/feed production, and social security throughout CDEF security. In past,
unfortunately tropical peatland management and development have been misleading against high CDEFs security of tropical
peatland. Let’s remind again what is the tropical peatland principle? Tropical peatland is typical case of wetland, and then
water is most functional element among other wetland. Especially, high water table, not moisture is most rational principal for
peat formation and peat conservation; because oxygen permeability is a key factor of peat decomposition. Even if peat keeps
wet condition, O
2
permeates until water table of peatland, then, peat is decomposed quickly. Internationally, water is most
important resource for terrestrial ecosystem. Global Risks 2015 reported top 10 risks in terms of global impact in which water
crises is ranked as number one. Thus, it is better to change basically national policy on tropical peatland management used as
wet-peatland, not dry-peatland. Wet-peatland functions as large water reservoir which is great benefit, rolling as natural capital
such as water dam. Natural capital of wet-peatland as water reservoir is inestimable, because especially wet-peatland securer
to supply water in dry season even if El Niño year, which contribute to the national food/feed security, and at same time, to
reduction of CO
2
emission. In other words, wet-peatland contributes globally to both mitigation (reduction of CO
2
emission)
and adaptation (water supply for plant growth in severe dry) against climate change.
Biography
Mitsuru Osaki is Professor of Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University and Professor of Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University from
2006. He was trained as a Plant Physiologist and Soil Scientist, and obtained his Doctorate degree from the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, in Japan
in 1981. He worked as an Associate Scientist in Maize Unit of CIMMYT in Mexico from 1982 to 1984. Until 2006, he has been working with the Graduate School
of Agriculture, Hokkaido University in Japan, to implement a research and teaching on rhizosphere management. He also has been carried out many collaborative
researches and teaching projects on tropical land management and rehabilitation of tropical forest. He is a Project Leader of JST-JICA Project on Wild Fire and
Carbon Management in Peat-Forest in Indonesia from 2008 to 2014. He is also interested in sustainability viewed from soil fertility, food production, bio-energy
and land management.
mosaki@chem.agr.hokudai.ac.jpMitsuru Osaki et al., J Earth Sci Clim Change 2017, 8:10(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7617-C1-036