The Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) and two universities in Indonesia have built a partnership in forestry research with the University of Goettingen in Germany.
Rector of the institute, Herry Suhardiyanto, said that they will conduct research on the ecology and socio-economy function of the transformation system of tropical rain forest in low land in Jambi,Sumatra, antaranews.com reported.
He said at the conference on Strengthening Forestry Science and Technology for Better Forestry Development in IPB on Monday that theproject, which involves the University of Jambi and the University of Tadulako in Palu, would be funded by the German Research Foundation for four years, 2012-2016.
They also plan to develop a conservation program for Siberut in Siberut Island, West Sumatra, focusing on the conservation of the biodiversity and sustainable utilization of agriculture land and forest areas.
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