Pekanbaru, Riau – The University of Riau (Unri) in Pekanbaru city, Riau province, is checking out research partnership with the University of Waterloo, Canada, according to a university authorities on Wednesday.
In connection with this, an Unri delegation checked out the University of Waterloo’s Water Institute in June this year, Teacher Irwan Effendi, a staffer with Unri’s deputy rector for cooperation preparation and details system, stated.
In return, 2 representatives from the University of Waterloo checked out Unri to discuss collaborative research study projects on flood impact and carbon prices, he notified.
The agents were field director Expense Duggan and ecological expert Colin Rankin, he said, adding that Unri has been aiming to enhance its center of excellence through the Advanced Understanding and Skills for Sustainable Growth in Indonesia (AKSI) ADB-Unri task.
” Unri and the University of Waterloo team up to prepare and establish mitigation and adaptation methods to environment modification in Indonesia,” he stated.
The research study partnership is essential to deal with environment change due to the fact that researchers will have the ability to share information and findings, determine patterns and trends, and develop options to environment modification problems, specifically in Riau, Effendi added.
The province is extremely susceptible to the impacts of environment change partially due to the truth that it has a large peatland area and is facing abrasion in specific coastal areas.
For that reason, the research study partnership with the University of Waterloo would ideally assist find an appropriate formula for attending to the environment modification issues in Riau, particularly related to its peatland location, he stated.
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