SEARRIN OVERVIEW

Mastura Mahmud

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

• The Southeast Asia Regional Research Information Network (SEARRIN) is a network that consists of scientists in the SEA region, dedicated to the scientific understanding of human-environment interactions influenced by global changes.

SEARRIN ORGANISATION

• The SEARRIN research organisation consists of 7 nations in SEA from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia.

• The researchers in the LUCC network are from multi-disciplinary areas comprising both the natural and social sciences.

• SEARIN conducts research on land cover and land use change in an integrated science framework that includes remote sensing and GIS technology, econometric and systems models, and field work.

• The methodology employed emphasizes on spatial and temporal analysis. Our interdisciplinary approach is grounded in our diverse academic and professional expertise: ecology, economics, forestry, geography, political science, resource management, and sociology. The research that is focused is policy relevant, and not policy driven.

Objectives

• Our aim is to increase capacity building consistent with the projects on land use and land cover changes, technological and manpower requirement and the dissemination of recent acquired knowledge at regional and national level.

• The network initially comprising of 4 countries started in Manila in 1993 when the Land Use and Cover Changes project workplan was defined, and 4 site specific case studies from each country were selected.

– An operational methodology for monitoring LUCC was developed.

– Emphasis on the driving forces of LUCC.– Case study to regional analysis on the micro/macro

approach.– Inter disciplinary teams emphasized.– Regional leadership with assistance from SAP members

Land Use/Land Cover Change Land Use/Land Cover Change Process Model ConceptProcess Model Concept

Land Use/Land Cover Change Land Use/Land Cover Change Process Model ConceptProcess Model Concept

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SCIENCE AGENDASCIENCE AGENDA• Capacity building•  Modeling the Human Dimensions of Land

Use and Land Cover Change• Empirical observations and analysis of

Land Use and Land Cover Change• Impacts of Forest Decline on:

–         Biodiversity–             Global Climate Change–             Sustainable Development/Natural– Resource Management

• Regional, National and Local Forest Resource Management

PROJECT LINKAGESPROJECT LINKAGES•               Asia Pacific Network for Global

Change Research (APN)•               IGBP-LUCC•               CEOS: WGISS•               GOFC•               NASA ESIP –TRFIC•               NASA LCLUC•               SARCS•               SEA START RC•               START International•               USAID•               World Bank

PROJECT ACTIVITIESPROJECT ACTIVITIES•                 GIS, Remote Sensing and Modeling

Training Workshops•                 Multi-date Land Use/Land Cover Change

Analysis•                 Inter-annual Land Cover and Land Use

Change Analysis•                 Region-wide case studies – 7 countries,

across a suite of biophysical and anthropogenic gradients

•                 Linear regression modeling of LUCC human dimensions

•                 Complex diagnostic and prognostic modeling of LUCC human dimensions

•                 Publication, posters, multi-media CDROMs, video tapes

RESEARCH SUMMARY CONDUCTED BY SEARRINPROJECT TITLE SPONSORS DURATION STATUS PARTICIPATING

COUNTRIES OUTPUT

LUCC Phase 1 (Coordinator :NRCT, Thailand)

GEF-UNDP 1994-1998 Completed       Malaysia Phillipines, Indonesia Thailand

Country Report, Regional Synthesis,

LUCC Phase 2 (Coordinator:UKM, Malaysia) 

NASA 1998-2001 Final Draft Country Report, Regional Synthesis, CDROM, Homepage

LUCC Phase 2 (Coordinator :UKM, Malaysia ) 

GEF-START-SARCS

1999-2001 Interim Report Country Report, Regional Synthesis, CDROM, Homepage,

Journal Publ.LUCC Phase 3 GOFC (Theme 1) (Coordinator :BPPT, Indonesia) 

APN 1999-2000 Inception Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam,PhillipinesIndonesia, hailand, Cambodia

Country Report, Regional Synthesis, CDROM, Homepage,

Journal Publ.

LUCC/JPL/TRFIC NASA 2000 Final Report Malaysia/USA SEA Network Link

VALIDATION SITES (Coordinator :UKM, Malaysia)

NASDA 2000-2001 Bidding Phillipines Validation for CEOS Satellite

GOFC-SEA (Themes 2,3) (Coordinator :BPPT, Indonesia) 

2000-2003 Bidding Malaysia, US, Laos, Vietnam Phillipines, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia

Country Report, Regional Synthesis, CDROM, Homepage,

Journal Publ.

GOFC-SEA (Theme 1,2,3)

MILLENIUM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT

2001 Proposal Malaysia, Vietnam, Phillipines, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia

Country Report, Regional Synthesis, CDROM, Homepage,

Journal Publ.

                                             

                                             

1998

Jambi

1992

1997

East Kalimantan

Site 2

19921989

Citarum

1998

1997

1992 East

KalimantanSite 1

INDONESIA

1984

1994

Kg Cham

LAOS

CAMBODIAVIETNAM

1975

1999

Tamdao

1992

2000

Nam Thuen

Klang-Langat

1999

1989

Sempadi

1988

1998

Palawan

1990

1998

Magat

1988

1998

THAILAND

1990

1999

Mae Chaem

Lin Thin

1989

2000

1989

2000

Eastern Forest Area

Phusithan

1990

2000

Ao Sawi

1989

2000

Loss of Biodiversity

Country Original Wildlife Habitat(km2)

Amount Remaining

Habitat Loss(%)

Burma 774,817 225,981 71

Indonesia 1,446,433 746,861 49

Kampuchea 180,879 43,411 76

Laos 236,746 68,656 71

Malaysia 356,254 210,190 41

Philippines 308,211 64,724 79

Thailand 507,267 130,039 74

Vietnam 332,116 66,423 80

Source: IUCN/UNEP (1986)

THE IMPACTS OF TROPICAL DEFORESTATION

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SEARRIN WEBSITE at www.eoc.ukm.my/searin

Future Development • Projects: To anchor global research projects

in the SEA region.

Pipeline:– Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

• Kesejahteraan in SEA

– Global Observation Forest Cover (GOFC) • All three themes of GOFC (land characteristics, forest

fire monitoring and mapping, forest biophysical processes)

• “Subjecting Tropical Forest to New Fire Regimes” • “Characterisation of forest fire spatial pattern in SEA:

Linking forest biophysical and climatic factors to the management and human dimensions of land use.”

• SEARRIN Directory : Lists of researchers, adresses, expertise in global change research

• International Regional Project Office: Disseminate products to scientific communities and promote SEARRIN interests

• Strive to be a referrel centre for policies advising on LUCC, GOFC and other impact research

• Depository centre for satellite data in the region : validated data on forest cover, fires, fractional covers from the network to interested users.

• Promote as satellite science education in the region.

SEA TRFIC NETWORK AND FUNCTIONSSEA TRFIC NETWORK AND FUNCTIONS MALAYSIA

THAILAND

INDONESIA

PHILIPPINES

VIETNAM

CAMBODIA

LAOS

TAIWAN

SEA START RCTHAILAND

Earth Observation Centre (EOC), UKMMALAYSIA

JPL/MSU/NASA ESIP TRFIC

MYAMMAR

• Fast track data transfer for Tropical Rainforest Information Centre (TRFIC) mirror site• Basemap generation• Harmonization of existing data sets• Method for development of new baseline data set using CEOS provided data bundles• Assessment and documentation of baseline

• Support LUCC/GOFC science network data access• Support regional science network

Tropical Rainforest Information Centre – TRFIC JPL – MSU – UKM Network

SE Asia TRFIC Data AnnexEOC-UKM

Bangi, Selangor,MalaysiaTRFIC Core System

BSRSI-MSUMichigan

ArcInfoCoverages

ArcSDE for Coverages

ArcIMS(NT)

Oracle(UNIX)

SDE

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Spatial Data

Landsat FootprintsLandsat MetadataDCW Data LayersUser defined “shapefiles”

Spatial Data

Landsat footprints (LUCC/LCLUC Case Studies)Landsat metadata (LUCC/LCLUC Case Studies)GIS Data Layers from LUCC/LCLUC research

To NASA-JPL (JERS SAR)

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