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Briefing on Authors and Methodology Deforestation, Forest Degradation, Biodiversity Loss, and CO2 Emissions in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia WWF Indonesia, Remote Sensing Solutions, Hokkaido University Authors WWF Indonesia began work in Riau, Sumatra in 1999 and employs around 30 staff in several offices in the province. WWF has been collecting land use and biodiversity data since 2000 and analyzed them for this report. WWF’s large, experienced ground staff and wide network of collaborators among Government, NGOs and industry ensured that all land use data generated from external reports and through remote sensing were thoroughly verified. WWF maintains the most comprehensive satellite image and GIS database available for the Province of Riau. RSS and Prof. Dr. Florian Siegert of Munich University have over 15 years experience in the region especially in Indonesia’s Borneo and Sumatra. Current research projects in Indonesia deal with various aspects of tropical deforestation, fire and peat oxidation. Together with Prof. Susan Page und Prof. Jack Rieley, Siegert has been focusing on peat science since 1996 (EU research programmes FP4. FP 5. and FP 6.). They pioneered some of the basic science on peat emissions that everybody is trying to apply today. More information on Siegert’s work is available at www.rssgmbh.de. Selected publications include: Rieley, J.O. and Page, S.E. (editors) (2005) Wise Use Guidelines for Tropical Peatlands. Alterra, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 237 p. ISBN 90327-0347-1 http://www.restorpeat.alterra.wur.nl/p_frameset.htm Aldhous Peter, (2004). Borneo is burning. Nature, VOL 432, 144-146. (Peter Alhous reported on the work of Prof. Siegert/Prof. Rieley) Siegert, F., G. Rücker, A. Hinrichs A. Hoffmann (2001). Increased fire impacts in logged over forests during El Ni?o driven fires. Nature, 414, 437-440 Page S. E., Siegert F., Rieley J. O., Boehm H-D.V.and A. Jaya (2002). Carbon released during peatland fires in Central Kalimantan, In