PEATLI Project Peatland community Engagement And Transdisciplinary Learning

PEATLI Project Peatland community Engagement And Transdisciplinary Learning - Indonesia Short mobility project for undergraduate students supported by New Colombo Plan of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Short mobility • Overseas project you do for credit towards your degree • Supported by a host organisation • Work with a group of students (from different programs) on a task • Why would you want to do that? • • • Experience the real-life application of your field of study Experience how your discipline relates to other disciplines Broaden your horizon for future work opportunities Establish connections, build a network Potentially receive a grant from New Colombo Plan (DFAT)

Collaborators • The University of Queensland: • • School of Communication and Arts (SCA) School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES) TC Beirne School of Law (UQ Law) UQ – Indonesia Office • Peatland Restoration Agency (Badan Restorasi Gambut – BRG) • Universitas Indonesia: • Communication Department • Students rs o s i v r pe su , s r ise n a g r O n o i t nisa ga r o t Hos s r o t cilita Fa s E er s u nd • Rural communities in Central Kalimantan (winter) and Riau (summer)

Kepulauan Meranti Riau, Sumatra Pulang Pisau Central Kalimantan

The task • Develop a community engagement strategy to support the BRG’s peatland restoration program: • • analyse needs/opportunities, design, pre-test, document, present in collaboration with a community in Central Kalimantan or Riau facilitated by BRG field staff supported by Communication students from Universitas Indonesia • What are peatlands? Why do they need restoring? • What is an engagement strategy? • What is the socio-political-legal context in Kalimantan/Sumatra? • How do we develop a strategy in a participatory way?

Timeline Cohort 1 Action 26 -Oct-18 Applications open 23 -May-19 16 -Nov-18 Applications close 13 -Jun-19 30 -Nov-18 Selection announced 18 -Jun-19 Sem 1 2019 5 workshops @ 2 -3 hrs 19 Jun - 4 Jul 19 Sem 2 2019 Indonesia trip Enrolment in Project or Internship course: COMU 3801, COMU 3130 ENVM 4100, GEOS 3400 LAWS 5233, LAWS 4114 Cohort 2 Sem 2 2019 20 Nov - 5 Dec 19 Summer Sem 19 -20 Sem 1 2020

Tentative schedule 2019 -winter trip (CKalimantan) Mon Tue 17/06/19 Exam-2 18/06/19 24/06/19 Situation analysis in community 25/06/19 Situation analysis in community 1/07/19 2/07/19 Tanjung Puting UI: Strategy National park revision visit Travel PKN-CGK Wed Thu 19/06/19 20/06/19 Travel BNE-JKT, UI: language/ Depok culture; group formation with UI buddies Fri 21/06/19 BRG: Introductions, interviews 26/06/19 27/06/19 28/06/19 Strategy design Pretesting in community 3/07/19 4/07/19 BRG: Present. Travel - CGK-BNE ation of strategy and debrief Strategy final revision 5/07/19 Sat 22/06/19 Travel JKT-PKY Preparations Sun 23/06/19 Preparations for situation analysis 29/06/19 30/06/19 Strategy revision Tanjung Puting (with field staff) National park visit 6/07/19 7/07/19

Tentative schedule 2019 -summer trip (Riau) Mon Tue 18/11/19 19/11/19 25/11/19 Situation analysis in community 26/11/19 Situation analysis in community 2/12/19 3/12/19 National park UI: Strategy visit revision Travel PKU-CGK Wed Thu 20/11/19 21/11/19 Travel BNE-JKT, UI: language/ Depok culture; group formation with UI buddies Fri 22/11/19 BRG: Introductions, interviews 27/11/19 28/11/19 29/11/19 Strategy design Pretesting in community 4/12/19 5/12/19 BRG: Present. Travel - CGK-BNE ation of strategy and debrief Strategy final revision 6/12/19 Sat 23/11/19 Travel JKT-PKU Preparations Sun 24/11/19 Preparations for situation analysis 30/11/19 1/12/19 Strategy revision National park (with field staff) visit 7/12/19 8/12/19

Expenses and targets • Approximately $3, 000 p. p. • Airfares, accommodation, collective transport/events in Indonesia, National Park visit, materials • Individual meals and incidentals, Brisbane airport transfers • 12 NCP grants per cohort for domestic students @ $3, 000 • Max. 8 self-funded (domestic and international) students per cohort: • Transfer centrally managed expenses to UQ • Manage meals/incidentals/BNE transfers/visa yourself • More or less equal numbers across the three disciplines: Communication/Social sciences – Environmental sciences – Law

Information and contacts • Information, Expression of Interest form: PEATLI Project webpage • SCA: • A/Prof. Elske van de Fliert (e. vandefliert@uq. edu. au) • Dr Kylie Navuku (k. navuku@uq. edu. au) • Mr Sven Fea (s. fea@uq. edu. au) • SEES: • A/Prof. Patrick Moss (patrick. moss@uq. edu. au) • A/Prof. Ron Johnstone (r. johnstone@uq. edu. au) • A/Prof. Paul Dargusch (p. Dargusch@uq. edu. au) • UQ Law: • Ms Rachel Tyquin (r. tyquin@uq. edu. au) • UQ Global Engagement & Entrepreneurship • Ms Heidi Benjaminson (h. benjaminson@uq. edu. au)