IPB University Professor Reveals How to Produce Competitive Research in the Field of Land Use and Climate Change
Prof Daniel Murdiyarso, Professor of IPB University in the Department of Geophysics and Meteorology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA) explained, land use and climate change are two different subjects, but interrelated.
Research related to the impact of land use can provide an overview of climate change. Land already exposed to plantations will serve as a starting point and provide an illustration of ecosystem change in the next few years.
He conveyed this in a Webinar with the theme 'Leveraging Science in Land Use and Climate Change Issues' (08/03), the result of a collaboration between the University of Indonesia's Climate Change Research Center (RCCC UI), the Indonesian Science Fund (DIPI) and the Indonesian Biology Consortium ( KOBI).
He continued, in the climate change community, the term land use is called Land-Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) organization has also adopted the land use sector as an emission source sector.
"With such challenges, we need to think of ways to entertain young researchers in the future to fill the gaps in research on land use and climate change with Indonesia as the laboratory," he said regarding quality research in the field of land use and climate change.
According to him, to get competitive research results, it is necessary to encourage original research to provide new information in the realm of science. Young researchers can also dig up data from existing literature to produce scientific journals that are able to uncover new evidence.
“Researchers must be encouraged to remain strong in dealing with sensitive issues so that Indonesia is able to lead research in science. If we are serious about competition (positively) with the global scientific community, then researchers must be encouraged and assisted, not just for publication, but so that they can be referred to as scientific journals with a big impact," said the Expert in Forestry Climate, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation.
According to him, topics related to blue carbon and the Paris Agreement, which he is currently working on, also have the potential to be used as research topics.
Indonesia, which has high carbon stocks, can take a leading position in blue carbon research.
"The subset of land use and blue carbon can also cover various SDGs (sustainable development) targets, so when it is linked to policies it is still very relevant," he added.
He said. The expected output is of course to encourage young talent to have a big impact through scientific journals. "The land sector is indeed a challenging subject for the scientific community to maintain a better understanding of changes in a generation because it is very dynamic," he concluded. (MW/Zul) (IAAS/Res)
