IGES contributed as a collaborator for the Symposium on Peatland Fire 2025. This event served as a final session, presenting the outcome of the JICA’s Verification Survey with the Private Sector for Disseminating Japanese Technologies to Extinguish Forest and Peatland Fires Using Eco-Friendly Soap-Based Fire Fighting Foam in Indonesia. It was a hybrid event (on-site in University of Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, and online).

Event Details
University of Palangka Raya (UPR)
Aula Rahan 2F Palangka Raya City, Central Kalimantan Province, Indonesia
Online
IGES Kitakyushu Urban Centre (Ms. Junko Ota)
International Village Center 3F 1-1-1, Hirano, Yahata-Higashi-Ku, Kitakyushu City, JAPAN 805-0062
Tel: +81-93-681-1563
[email protected]
Shabondama Soap Co., Ltd. (Mr. Hideyuki Hiramoto)
Tel: +81-3-3446-8400
[email protected]
Presentation Materials
Key note speech | |||
Acting Rector, University of Palangka Raya | |||
Yosuke Saka, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Indonesia | |||
Adi Jaya, Professor, University of Palangaka Raya / Director Centre for International Co-operation in Sustainable Management of Tropical Peatland (UPR-CIMTROP) | PDF (732KB) | ||
Session 1Finding from JICA Forest and Peatland Verification 2023-25 | |||
Hideyuki Hiramoto, Shabondama Soap Co., Ltd. | PDF (2.6MB) Video presentation | ||
Kazuya Uezu, Vice President, Professor, The University of Kitakyushu, Faculty of Environmental Engineering | PDF (3.8MB) | ||
Kitso Kusin, Lecturer University of Palangaka Raya, Centre for International Co-operation in Sustainable Management of Tropical Peatland (UPR-CIMTROP) | PDF (1.9MB) | ||
Hiromitsu Samejima, Research manager, Biodiversity & Forest Area, IGES | PDF (5.5MB) | ||
Panel Discussion | |||
Moderator: | Sudarmanto Budi Nugroho, Research manager, City Task Force, IGES | ||
Speakers: | Susumu Oda, Fire Fighter Manager, Kitakyushu CIty Fire Department | ||
Simerman, Head, Disaster Management Agency of Central Kalimantan Province (BPBD) | |||
Gloriana Aden, Director, Fire and Rescue Department of Palangka Raya City | |||
Session 2Student Session | |||
Aditya Rahmat Mulyadi, Student, Department of agriculture, University of Palangka Raya | PDF (554KB) | ||
Sondang Alia, Student, Department of Mathematics and Natural Science, University of Palangka Raya | PDF (8.8MB) | ||
Cinka Frebriani, Student, Departemen of Agribusines, University of Palangka Raya | PDF (2.5MB) | ||
Febi Riana Sinta, Student, Departemen of Forestry, University of Palangka Raya | Video presentation | ||
Saki Motomura, Graduate student, The University of Kitakyushu, Faculty of Environmental Engineering | PDF (1.5MB) | ||
Aika Yamada, Graduate student, The University of Kitakyushu, Department of Life and Environment Engineering | |||
Rei Ishizaki, Student, Kyushu University | PDF (975KB) | ||
Session 3Way Forward: Solution for forest and peatland fire & International Cooperation | |||
Junko Ota, Researcher, Kitakyushu Urban Centre, IGES | |||
Adi Jaya, Professor, University of Palangaka Raya / Director Centre for International Co-operation in Sustainable Management of Tropical Peatland (UPR-CIMTROP) | |||