International Workshop On Land Cover/Land Use Changes (LCLUC),
Forestry, and Agriculture in South/Southeast Asia, August 8-10th, Cambodia
AGENDA
DAY 1 (8TH AUGUST, MONDAY)
9:00-9:40
Opening Session-I
8:30

Registration

9:00

Welcome Address – Huon Thavrak (Vice Rector, Royal University of Agriculture, Cambodia)

9:15

Welcome Remarks –Garik Gutman (NASA HQ, USA)

9:25

Welcome Remarks - Krishna Vadrevu (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, USA)

9:35

Welcome Remarks –Matsunaga Tsuneo (National Institute of Environmental Studies, Japan)

9:40-11:45

9:40

Session-II: Programmatic Presentations
Chair: Garik Gutman (NASA LCLUC Program, USA)

NASA LCLUC Program Updates – Garik Gutman (NASA Headquarters, USA)

10:10 NASA South/Southeast Asia Research Initiative (SARI) Updates – Krishna Vadrevu (NASA MSFC,USA)
10:35-10:45
Group Photo
10:45-11:15
Tea Break
11:15 USAID's Environment Program in Cambodia – Andrea Pavlick (USAID, Cambodia)
11:45-2:55

Session-III: LCLUC and Forestry
Chair: Mark Cochrane (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science(UMCES), USA)
Co-Chair: Thav Sopheak (Royal University of Agriculture, Cambodia)
1Keynote Presentation (20-min Presentations;5-min discussion)
11:45 Transformative Change of Land Cover and Land Use in Southeast Asia - Son Nghiem (JPL,California Institute of Technology, USA)12:10 Geospatial Data Needs and Priorities in Cambodia – Thy Try (Open Development Cambodia(ODC), Cambodia)
12:35-1:35
Lunch
Technical Presentations (15-min Presentations; 5-min discussion)
1:35

The Impact of Land Use and Land Cover Change on River Morphology - Kasturi Kanniah(Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)

1:55

Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Land Use Land Cover of Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia
Seng Bunthion, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia

2:15

Land Use and Ecosystem Services in Traditional Home Gardens in Sri Lanka - Ajith Gunawardane(Central Environmental Authority, Sri Lanka)

2:35

Dynamic Landslide Hazard Evaluation using Persistent Scatter Interferometry for
Environmental Impact Assessment - Luis Carlos Mabaquiao (Univ. of Philippines, Diliman)

2:55 – 5:10

Session – IV. LCLUC and Forestry
Chair: Tsuneo Matsunaga (National Institute of Environmental Studies (NIES)) Japan
Co-Chair: Nydia Chhinh (Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia)

Keynote Presentation (20-min Presentation; 5-min discussion)
2:55

Oil Palm and Land Cover Change Dynamics in Indonesian Peatlands – Mark Cochrane (Universityof Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), USA)

3:20-3:50
Tea BreakTechnical Presentations (15-min Presentation; 5-min discussion)
3:50

Open data for Forest Cover, Land Cover and Land use – Koem Chhuonvuoch (OpenDevelopment Cambodia (ODC), Cambodia)
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4:10

Mangrove Phenology And Environmental Drivers Derived from Remote Sensing In SouthernThailand - Werapong Koedsin (Prince of Songkla University Phuket Campus, Thailand)

4:30

Analysis of Borneo Terrestrial Ecosystem Change Using Satellite Solar-Induced Fluorescence(SIF) Data - Kazutaka Murakami (NIES, Japan)

4:50

An Overview of GEDI Lidar Satellite for Forestry Resource Monitoring - Opportunities andChallenges in SE Asia - Hao Tang (National University of Singapore)

5:10

Adjourn

DAY 2 (9TH AUGUST, TUESDAY)
9:00-1:20

Session-I. Agricultural LCLUC
Chair: Krishna Vadrevu (NASA MSFC, Japan)
Co-Chair: Phy Chhin (Directorate of Agriculture, Cambodia)

Keynote Presentation (20-min Presentation; 5-min discussion)
9:00

Rethinking Agrarian Transition Through Rice Farming in Southeast Asia - Jeff Fox (East WestCenter, USA)

9:25

Land Cover/Land Use and Agriculture in Cambodia - Current Status and Priorities – Seng Vang(General Directorate of Agriculture, Cambodia)

Technical Presentations (15-min Presentation; 5-min discussion)
9:50

Crop Mapping and Monitoring in Thailand and CLM (Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar) Countries –Panu Nuangjumnong (GISTDA, Thailand)

10:10-10:40
Tea Break
10:40 Drought and Crop Yield Modeling Impacted by Climate Change in the Mekong River Basin –Venkataramana Sridhar (Virginia Tech, USA)
11:00 Climate Change Impact on Rice Yield and Food Security in the Riverine Communities In

Cambodia – Sok Serey (Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia)

11:20 Suitability Analyses of Paddy Fields and Coffee Plantations in Indonesia Under Climate Change
Scenarios - Edvin Aldrian (BMKG, Indonesia)311:40 Impact of Agricultural Land Expansion on Land Use Change and Land Degradation in Cambodia
Phanith Chou and Taingaun Sourn (Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
12:00 Land Use Shifts in Indian Agriculture - Nilabja Ghosh (Delhi University, India)
12:20-1:20
Lunch
1:20-3:50

Session-II. Agriculture – Crop mapping, monitoring, acreage estimation andmodeling
Chair: Seng Vang (Directorate of Agriculture, Cambodia)
Co-Chair: Sridhar Venkataramana (Virginia Tech, USA)

Keynote Presentation (20-min Presentation; 5-min discussion)
1:20

Asia Rice and JAXA Activities – Shinichi Sobue (JAXA, Japan)

1:45

Applying RIICE Technology for Rice Crop Monitoring and Insurance in Cambodia -Phy Chhin(General Directorate of Agriculture, MAFF, Cambodia)

Technical Presentations (15-min Presentation; 5-min discussion)
2:10

Rice Crop Mapping and Yield Estimation in the Mekong Delta and Red River Delta, Vietnam –Lam Dao Nguyen (VNSC, STAC, Vietnam)

2:30

Pixel-Based Evaluation of Rice Production and Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions In The
Mekong Delta Via a Digital-Twin System With a Simultaneous Data Assimilation Scheme ofSAR Data And Ground Observations - Hironori Arai (CESBIO, France)

2:50

Groundnut Acreage Estimation and Yield Modeling in Part of West and South India using
Satellite Images - Dharmesh Verma (India)

3:10

Decision Support Tools for Food Security – Yasar Khan (World Resources Institute, India)

3:30

Soil Texture Classification Using Lab Spectroscopy Techniques - Chirag Ternikar (Indian Instituteof Science, India)

3:50-4:20
Tea Break
4:20

Adjourn
4DAY 3 (10TH AUGUST, WEDNESDAY)
9:30-1:45
Session-I. Emission inventories, GHG’s and Aerosols
Chair: Tsuneo Matsunaga (NIES, Japan)
Co-Chair: - Siwatt Pongpiachin (NIDA, Thailand)
Keynote Presentation (20-min Presentation; 5-min discussion)
9:30

GOSAT-2 Observation in Southeastern Asia Over the Past Three Years: CO2, CH4, CO, And
Aerosol - Tsuneo Matsunaga (National Institute of Environmental Studies, Japan)

9:55

Vegetation Fires in South/Southeast Asia and Emissions during COVID-2020 andPre-Pandemic- Krishna Vadrevu (NASA MSFC, USA)

Technical Presentations (15-min Presentation; 5-min discussion)
10:20-10:50
Tea Break
10:50 Role of Land and Forest Fire Management on Indonesia's Forest and Other Land Use(FOLU) Net Sink 2030 - Israr Albar (Directorate of Land and Forest Fire Management,
Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia)
11:10 Forestry and Carbon Emission from Cambodia – Thav Sopheak (Royal University of Cambodia)
11:30 Greenhouse Gases Fluxes Across Land-Use Gradient in Sabah, Malaysia - Justin Sentian(Univ. of Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia)
11:50 Multi-sensor Satellite Data for Estimating PM2.5 across Malaysia - Kasturi Kanniah (University ofTechnology, Malaysia)
12:10 Solar PV Mapping With Remotely Sensed Data, and Prospects for the less GHG Emission Society
Based on the Efficient Strategy of Solar Power Production - Shoki Shimada and Wataru Takeuchi(University of Tokyo, Japan)
12:30-1:30
Lunch
1:30-4:20

Session-II. Emission Inventories of Air Pollutants, SLCP, GHG’s and Aerosols
Chair: Kasturi Kanniach (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Co-Chair: Israr Alabar (Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia)

Keynote Presentation (20-min Presentation; 5-min discussion)
1:30

Vegetation fires in Indonesia and Meteorological Drivers – Edvin Aldrian (BKMG, Indonesia)
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1:55

Impact of Biomass Burning on Aerosol Properties in Penang, Malaysia - Hwee SanLim(University Sains, Malaysia)

Technical Presentations (15-min Presentation; 5-min discussion)
2:20

Validation of GOSAT-2/CAI-2 Aerosol Products (Optical Properties) in Southeast Asia –Akihiro Uchiyama (NIES, Japan)

2:40

Influence of Open Biomass Burning on Fine and Ultrafine Airborne Particles in Phnom
Penh, Cambodia - Worradorn Phairuang (Kanazawa University, Japan)

3:00

Emission Factors From Combustions of Biomass Materials for Source Apportionment—A
New Database For 17 Plant Species - Siwatt Pongpiachin (NIDA Center for Research andDevelopment of Disaster Prevention and Management, Thailand)

3:20-3:50
Tea Break
3:50 – 4:30 - Discussion Session – Research Needs and Priorities
Chair: Garik Gutman (NASA HQ, USA)
Co-Chair: Krishna Vadrevu (NASA MSFC, USA)

4:40

Meeting Outputs – Krishna Vadrevu (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, USA)

4:50

Vote Of Thanks – Thav Sopheak, Garik Gutman, Matsunaga Tsuneo and Krishna Vadrevu

5:00

Adjourn6