Report for the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) - UMS
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• TNC has no data about soil or belowground biomass. A student from Utrecht is working<br />
on soil (Harmens Smith, called Hans)<br />
• www.tnc.org (Washington). Balikpapan main office <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong>est program in Indonesia<br />
• Many thanks to Alfan Subekti <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> review of <strong>the</strong> minutes<br />
10.2.8. World Wide Fund <strong>for</strong> Nature WWF<br />
Minutes of <strong>the</strong> Meeting with Surin Suksuwan<br />
Chief <strong>Technical</strong> Officer (Peninsular Malaysia), WWF-Malaysia<br />
Petaling Jaya/Kuala Lumpur, 19 th January 2009, 12:00 to 12:30<br />
• Contact person <strong>for</strong> Borneo (Sabah/Sarawak) is Dr. Rahimatsah Amat<br />
(ramat@wwf.org.my)<br />
• Borneo-Projects:<br />
o Heart of Borneo: Network Initiative (SFM, freshwater, biodiversity, strategies <strong>for</strong><br />
adaptation (this is only a possibility at <strong>the</strong> moment but Surin Suksuwan believes no<br />
strategies have been drawn up yet)<br />
o Forest Based Carbon FBC Network Initiative: Input to <strong>the</strong> Kyoto Protocol, aim <strong>for</strong><br />
REDD-pilot projects, still being developed, multi country ef<strong>for</strong>t, Ivy Wong<br />
(iwong@wwf.org.my)<br />
• O<strong>the</strong>r projects:<br />
o Ano<strong>the</strong>r project by JICA: Bornean Biodiversity and Ecosystems Conservation BBEC<br />
(long running, focus on Sabah). Data on <strong>the</strong> Website?<br />
(http://www.bbec.sabah.gov.my/index.asp)<br />
o “Sabah/Sarawak Highlands Study”. Economic Planning Unit of <strong>the</strong> Prime Minister’s<br />
Department (project ended about two years ago; report available)<br />
• Data about <strong>for</strong>est inventories are possibly available at <strong>the</strong> Sabah Forestry Department in<br />
Sandakan (<strong>for</strong> Sarawak in Kuching)<br />
• Maps are easy accessible <strong>for</strong> Sabah but difficult <strong>for</strong> Sarawak. For a digital(?) soil map<br />
possibly <strong>the</strong> Department of Agriculture is responsible<br />
• Many thanks to Surin Suksuwan <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> review of <strong>the</strong> minutes<br />
10.2.9. Malaysia Meteorological Department MMD<br />
Minutes of <strong>the</strong> Meeting with Tan Huvi Vein<br />
Director of <strong>the</strong> Commercial, Climatology and Hydrology Division<br />
Malaysia Meteorological Department MMD<br />
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia 19 th of January 2009, 14:15 to 15:15<br />
• There are ten meteorological stations in Sabah and Sarawak Malaysia<br />
o Temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind, pressure, evaporation, sunshine and<br />
solar radiation<br />
o Monthly/daily/hourly recordings<br />
o Most of <strong>the</strong> stations have data record of more than 30 years and some are much<br />
longer (see below)<br />
o O<strong>the</strong>r rainfall data are collected by third parties<br />
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