Workshop on Haze and Biomass Burning in Asia

Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
October 4-5, 2018

In cooperation with the Academy of Sciences Malaysia, IIASA organised a workshop on haze and biomass burning in Asia on 4-5 October 2018, held at the Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia. The workshop focussed on biomass burning from a systems perspective, with the aim of developing a plan for collaborative, inter-disciplinary follow-up research activities on systems solutions to reduce the adverse impacts of biomass burning.

Presentations

Haze and Biomass Burning in Asia
Session 1: Setting the scene
A solution-oriented focus to provide insights for decision making A. Bakar Jaafar
Towards an integrated perspective to identify solutions with multiple benefits Markus Amann
Session 2: The current understanding of biomass burning in Asia and of potential benefits from policy interventions
The burden of biomass burning on air quality in Asia and potential benefits from policy interventions Zbigniew Klimont
The impact of forest fires on air quality in South-East Asia Mohd. Talib Latif
Projected Future Dry Conditions over Indonesia and its implications on forest fires and biomass burning Fredolin Tangang
Biomass burning in Indonesia Puji Lestari
Biomass burning in Thailand Savitri Garivait
Rice residues burning in Vietnam and possible technological solutions Nam Hong Nguyen
Session 3: Understanding the driving forces, and benefits of policy interventions on other policy objectives
Soil moisture management of tropical peatland Lulie Melling
The Development of Smallholder Oil Palm in West Kalimantan Province: A blend of hate and love Gusti Anshari
Palm oil production Alfajri Alfajsri
Session 4: Solutions
Burning Carbon to Energy to Mitigate Haze Haslenda Hashim
The role of biomass in future energy systems, including access to clean energy Shonali Pachauri
Fire prevention strategies Bambang H. Saharjo
Economic incentive instruments Shofwan A. Choiruzzad
Successful governance examples for reducing biomass burning in Asia Eric Zusman
Session 5: Towards an integrated assessment of solutions
The ASM study on haze A. Bakar Jaafar
Reproducing 21st century Wildfires in Indonesia: The FLAM approach Johannes Pirker
Towards a systems perspective to identify policy interventions with multiple benefits Markus Amann
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