Scientific Capacity Building / Enhancement for Sustainable Development in Developing Countries ( CAPaBLE )

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APN International Training Workshop on
“Inventories of Greenhouse Gases and Aerosol Emissions Associated to Different Vegetation Land Use in the Mekong River Basin Sub-region”

1-3 May 2007

  JGSEE Meeting Room

School of Energy , Environment and Material (SEEM) Building, 3 rd Fl.
King Monkgut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand

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Rationale

     South East Asia covers an area of 410 million hectares with forest and agricultural land representing respectively about 77% and 20% of the total area. The agricultural land use in South East Asia has expanded only slightly from 16.8% of total land area in 1975 to 19.6% in 1992, but for the period of 1990-1995, the Asia Pacific forests observed a reduction by 17 million hectares, with the fastest rate in the Mekong region (1.6% per year) and in South East Asia (1.3% per year). Changes in land use reflect actually the development of intensive agriculture, which constitutes the major economic activity in South-East Asia . Deforestation via burning and intensive agricultural activities results in the increase of GHG and aerosol emissions in the region, which are of main concern for their impacts on the regional air quality and global climate change. To ensure the sustainable development of the region, GHG and aerosols emission inventories should be established to provide scientific information relevant for the formulation of appropriate control and mitigation strategies. However, these are hampered in many areas of the Asia-Pacific region by the lack of measurement data and scientific understanding. Also, awareness raising of the population involved in vegetation land use change activities is essential for effectively contributing to the mitigation of GHG and aerosol emissions and of impacts of land use change, which would ultimately lead to the sustainable development of the region.

     In order to contribute to achieving this ultimate goal, The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment is leading a one year Asia Pacific Network - CAPaBLE project Ref. CBA2006-06NSY, entitled: "Greenhouse gases and aerosol emissions under different vegetation land use in the Mekong River Basin Sub-Region” . The main objectives of this project are (1) to enhance the capacity of scientists from the Mekong River Basin Sub-Region in GHG and aerosol emission inventories, and (2) provide policy makers of Asia-Pacific region with relevant scientific information for formulation of appropriate control strategies contributing to sustainable improvement of the regional air quality and on a global scale to global warming mitigation.

     In this regards, a three days-training workshop is planned to be organized during 1-3 May 2007 in Bangkok , Thailand . The objective of this training event is to transfer the methodology and know-how used in this project to establish inventories of greenhouse gases and aerosol emissions from biogenic sources and open biomass burning to selected scientists and policy makers of the Mekong River Basin Sub-region.

Date and venue

1-3 May 2007
At The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment
King Mon g kut's University of Technology Thonburi

Potential participants

Approximately 25 participants from Mekong Sub-river Basin including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand.

Organizer

The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
126 Pracha-Utit Road Bangmod Bangkok Thailand 10140
Tel 6624708309 ext 4133

AGENDA

First Day: 1 May 2007

08.30 – 9.00	Registration
9.00 – 9.10	Report	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sirintornthep Towprayoon APN Project Leader and Deputy Director, JGSEE, Thailand
9.10 – 9.20	Welcome Address	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bundit Fungtammasan Director, JGSEE, Thailand
9.20 – 9.30	Opening Address	Prof. Dr. Somchai Chucheepsakul Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs of KMUTT, Thailand
9.30 – 10.00	Introduction of APN Project	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sirintornthep Towprayoon
10.00 – 10.15	Coffee Break
10.15 – 11.15	Evidences & Modeling of Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jerry Lin APN Project Collaborator, Lamar University , USA
11.15 – 12.00	Application of Remote Sensing to Global Earth Environment Observation	Dr. Chaowalit Silapthong Director of Geo-informatics Office, GISTDA, Thailand
12.00 – 13.00	Lunch Break
13.00 – 14.00	Forest Situation in the Mekong River Basin Sub-region	Mr. Siri Akaakara Forest Fire Control Division, Thailand
14.00 – 14.30	Rice Cultivation and Management Practices in Thailand	Ms. Dares Kittiyopas Department of Agricultural Promotion, Thailand
14.30 – 15.00	Country Report on GHG Emissions from Biogenic Sources and Status on Aerosols Emissions from Open Biomass Burning in Thailand	Asst. Prof. Dr. Amnat Chidthaisong APN Project Principal Investigator, JGSEE, Thailand
1 5.00 – 15.15	Coffee Break
15.15 – 15.45	Country Report on GHG Emissions and Aerosols Emissions Inventory and Future Development in Cambodia	Mr. Chea Chan Thou Ministry of Environment, Cambodia
15.45 – 16.15	Country Report on GHG Emissions and Aerosols Emissions Inventory and Future Development in Vietnam	Mr. Nguyen Mong Cuong Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam
16.15 – 16.45	Country Report on GHG Emissions and Aerosols Emissions Inventory and Future Development in Myanmar	Mr. Ne Winn National Commission for Environmental Affairs, Myanmar
16.45 – 17.15	Country Report on GHG Emissions and Aerosols Emissions Inventory and Future Development in Lao PDR	Mr. Soulideth Kathiya Prime Minister's Office, Lao PDR
18.30 – 21.00	Welcome Dinner

Second Day: 2 May 2007

08.30 – 9.00	Registration
9.00 – 10.00	Emission Inventory Issues: Anthropogenic, Biogenic and Biomass Burning	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jerry Lin APN Project Collaborator, Lamar University , USA
10.00 – 10.15	Coffee Break
10.15 – 10.30	Biomass Burning – Emissions Calculation Methodology	Dr. Sebastien Bonnet APN Project Coordinator, JGSEE, Thailand
10.30 – 11.00	Emission Inventory for Biomass Open Burning in the Mekong River Basin Sub-region	Asst. Prof. Dr. Savitri Garivait APN Project Principal Investigator, JGSEE, Thailand
11.00 – 12.00	Hands-on Session I: Use of Questionnaires for Emissions Estimation	Asst. Prof. Dr. Savitri Garivait APN Project Principal Investigator, JGSEE, Thailand Dr. Sebastien Bonnet APN Project Coordinator, JGSEE, Thailand Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jerry Lin APN Project Collaborator, Lamar University , USA
12.00 – 13.00	Lunch Break
13.00 – 14.00	Demonstration of Open Burning Emissions Measurements & Visit of JGSEE Laboratory	Asst. Prof. Dr. Savitri Garivait Ms. Ubonwan Chaiyo JGSEE Laboratory Supervisor, JGSEE, Thailand
14.00 – 14.15	Coffee Break
14.15 – 16.15	Hands on Session II: Calculation of Emissions from Biomass Open Burning (Venue at SEEM Computer Room, SEEM Building, 2 nd Fl.)	Asst. Prof. Dr. Savitri Garivait Dr. Sebastien Bonnet Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jerry Lin
16.15 – 17.15	Conclusion Country Reports on Emissions from Open Biomass Burning in Cambodia , Lao PDR, Vietnam and Thailand	Asst. Prof. Dr. Savitri Garivait, Dr. Sebastien Bonnet, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jerry Lin and All Participants

Third Day: 3 May 2007

08.30 – 9.00	Registration
9.00 – 9.45	Methodology for Measurement of Greenhouse Gases Emissions from Rice Field	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sirintornthep Towprayoon APN Project Leader, JGSEE, Thailand
9.45 – 10.30	Methodology for Measurement of Greenhouse Gases Emissions from Forest	Asst. Prof. Dr. Amnat Chidthaisong APN Project Principal Investigator, JGSEE, Thailand
10.30 – 10.45	Coffee Break
10.45 – 12.00	Hands-on session I: Comparative Flux Measurement Using the Chamber Method	Asst. Prof. Dr. Amnat Chidthaisong
12.00 – 13.00	Lunch Break
13.00 – 14.00	Flux estimation and Emission Factor Calculation	Asst. Prof. Dr. Amnat Chidthaisong
14.00 – 14.15	Coffee Break
14.15 – 15.30	Hands on session II : Emissions Up-scaling and GIS-RS Mapping	Asst. Prof. Dr. Amnat Chidthaisong
15.30 – 16.00	Conclusion	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sirintornthep Towprayoon
16.00 – 16.30	Closing Ceremony	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bundit Fungtammasan Director, JGSEE, Thailand
18.00 – 21.00	Farewell Party