The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Tropical Agriculture BEFTA Project

191 Sekretariat Perizinan Penelitian Asing Kementerian Riset dan Teknologi DIREKTORI PENELITIAN ASING DI INDONESIA 2013 Bidang Penelitian : Ekologi Daerah Penelitian : Kalbar Kapuas Hulu Lama Penelitian : 12 dua belas mulai 13 Februari 2013 Bidang Penelitian : Riak Bumi Foundation Valentinus Heri 119.1 Mr. Nicolas Labriere Warga Negara : Perancis Jabatan : Doctoral Student Institusi : Ecological Engineering and Biodiversity Gestion, Montpellier No. SIP : 17EXTSIPFRPSMII2013

120. The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Tropical Agriculture BEFTA Project

Tujuan Penelitian : Memperkirakan dampak kompleksitas habitat untuk mempertahankan keragaman, fungsi ekosistem, dan jasa ekosistem dalam wilayah perkebunan sawit Bidang Penelitian : Ekologi Daerah Penelitian : Riau Wilayah Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology Corporation Research Institute di Libo Estate Lama Penelitian : 12 dua belas bulan mulai 5 November 2013 Mitra Kerja : SMART research Institute Dr. Ir. Sudharto Prawirosukarto, SU Abstrak Palm oil is among the most important sources of vegetable oil worldwide. With increasing demand as a feedstock for biofuel production, its global demand is set to increase. It is clear that forest conversion to oil palm plantation has severe impacts on biodiversity. However, little research has focussed on methods that can be employed to maximise biodiversity within plantation habitats, nor the role this 192 Sekretariat Perizinan Penelitian Asing Kementerian Riset dan Teknologi DIREKTORI PENELITIAN ASING DI INDONESIA 2013 biodiversity plays in ecosystem functioning and crop production.The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Tropical Agriculture BEFTA Project aims to quantify the efect of habitat complexity within oil palm plantations on biodiversity and the role of this biodiversity in ecosystem functioning and productivity. In particular the project will: 1 quantify the efect of habitat complexity in maintaining biodiversity, ecosystem function and ecosystem services within oil palm 2 develop novel experimental approaches for partitioning the efects of habitat structural complexity and aspects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning, and 3 predict and model optimal cover of understory and epiphyte vegetation in oil palm plantations so as to maximise biodiversity and economic proitability through ecosystem services. 120.1 Dr. Edgar Clive Turner Warga Negara : Inggris Jabatan : Ailiated Researcher Institusi : Dept. of Zoology, University of Cambridge No. SIP : 72EXTSIPFRPSMIX2013

121. The efect of soil management on ecosystem services in oil palm plantations