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Public outputs

Rubber: How to make condoms and mattresses fair (in Germany)
Report January 2016, Wirtschaftswoche Green Economy

Why We (still) Can't Live Without Rubber
Article January 2016, National Geographic

Rubber- researcher consult Condom start-up (in German)
Press release 09.12.2015, University of Hohenheim

Lecture about fair Condom-Start-up (with guest speaker Dr. Gerhard Langenberger)
Press release 23.06.2015, Stuttgarter Zeitung

Forschung Leben- Science brings the World together
The Magazine of the University of Stuttgart, 05/ 2015

The rise of rubber takes toll on forests of Southwest China
Report by Mike Ives, 01.08.2013, e360.yale.edu

What are the dark sides of rubber cultivation and how can rubber be cultivated sustainable? (in German)
Interview with SURUMER- Projectmanager Dr. Gerhard Langenberger at LORA Magazin, 25.01.2012
LORA Radio München 92,4

Sino-German rubber-cultivation project at Hohenheim University (in German)
Press release 16.01.2012, herd-und-hof.de

Rubber production and its consequences (in German; see openILIAS)
Press release 14.01.2012, Stuttgarter Nachrichten

Plantations versus forest: Research for sustainable rubber cultivation at Hohenheim University (in German)
Press release 10.01.2012, University of Hohenheim

Workshops and meetings initiated by SURUMER

SURUMER Final Conference - Stakeholder Dialogue on Sustainability of rubber cultivation – pathways and scenarios
21.10. - 22.10. 2016
Jinghong, China

Adjacent to the scientific rubber conference we presented our findings in a stakeholder-oriented and user friendly way and put up the results and suggestions for discussion (see attached program). Nearly 50 participants from 13 local and regional institutions met at the Hilton Double Tree Resort Hotel and analysed and discussed the SURUMER findings from their specific stakeholder-point of view. Besides the scientific facts, SURUMER’s stakeholder-oriented approach and respective processing and presenting of results was very well received. As a result the whole SURUMER-team was highly welcomed for further collaboration.

 SURUMER-Stakeholder Dialogue, held at the Hilton Double Tree Resort in Jinghong. Thirteen institutions affected by and influencing rubber management discussed the integrated SURUMER-findings.

SURUMER-Stakeholder Dialogue, held at the Hilton Double Tree Resort in Jinghong. Thirteen institutions affected by and influencing rubber management discussed the integrated SURUMER-findings.

Sustainable Rubber Conference 2016 (SURUMER Abschlusskonferenz)
In 2016 SURUMER co-organized the International Sustainable Rubber Conference, held at the Xishungbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China, from October 17-19. The event also stood for the final conference of the SURUMER-project. More than 100 participants from 15 countries, representing 35 institutions, joined the conference to learn more about current rubber research, exchange and discuss findings, and network towards further cooperations. The SURUMER – consortium presented its research findings in the following talks:

• Aenis, T. et al.: "Co-management of transdisciplinary processes-experiences from the SURUMER project."
• Ahlheim, M. et al.: "Assessing the welfare effects of enhanced ecosystem services provided by tropical rainforests – The example of sustainable rubber cultivation in Xishuangbanna."
• Blagodatskiy, S. et al.: "Modeling the impact of rubber expansion on carbon stocks in landscape."
• Cadisch, G. et al.: "SURUMER- Towards an Integrated Framework for Sustainable Rubber Cultivation."
• Cotter, M. et al.: "Combining multi-disciplinary Ecosystem Service Assessments in rubber- challenges and boundaries."
• He, P. et al.: "Rubber versus forest-responses of wild bees to changes in a tropical landscape of southern Yunnan, China."
• Jin, S. et al.: "Farmers’ attitudes to promoting sustainable rubber cultivation: Evidence from Xishuangbanna, China."
• Lang, R. et al.: "Soil gaseous carbon flux in rainforest and rubber plantations."
• Langenberger, G. et al.: "Enriching rubber plantations with native tree species."
• Liu, H. et al.: "Optimizing herbicide application for erosion control in rubber plantations with help of modeling approach."
• Seitz, L. et al.: "Riparian buffer strips as measures to reduce fine sediment infiltration into rivers in an agricultural dominated area in Southwest China."
• Steinmetz, H. et al.: "Seasonal occurrence of pesticides in a watershed of Xishuangbanna/Yunnan/China."
• Thellmann, K. et al.: "An analysis of land use change and its driving factors in the Naban River Watershed."
• Wang, J. et al.: "Stakeholder analysis in support of joint land use decision making: Case from Xishuangbanna, Southwest China."
• Yang, X. et al.: "Ecological process-based modeling for predicting rubber tree growth and latex yield under climate change."
• Yu, X. et al.: "Taxus mairei as potential intercropping plant in rubber plantations."

 
Sustainable Rubber Conference: More than 100 participants listened to the latest results in rubber research from October 17-19, 2016, at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China.

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Programme

SURUMER- Synthesis I
18.07. - 19.07.2016
SIMT, University of Hohenheim, Germany
SURUMER participants : Dr. Thomas Aenis, Prof. Dr. Michael Ahlheim, Sabine Baumgartner, Dr. Sergey Blagodatskiy, Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch, Dr. Marc Cotter, Inga Häuser, Franziska Harich, Dr. Susanne Hofmann-Souki, Dr. habil. Konrad Martin, Rong Lang,  Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Hongxi Liu, Min Shi, Prof. Dr. Heidrun Steinmetz, Peter Tannenberger, Kevin Thellmann, PD Dr. Anna Treydte, Prof. Dr. Silke Wieprecht, Xueqing Yang, Jue Wang

(Further documents: see openILIAS 1.3.12.)

SURUMER- Planning the Implementation Phase III
01.12.2015
SIMT, University of Hohenheim, Germany
SURUMER participants : Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch, Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Sabine Baumgartner, Inga Häuser, Dr. Marc Cotter,  Dr. Sergey Blagodatskiy, Rong Lang, Xueqing Yang, Hongxi Liu, Prof. Dr. Heidrun Steinmetz, Manuel Krauß, Azizi Neda, Dr. habil. Konrad Martin, PD Dr. Anna Treydte Franziska Harich, Prof. Dr. Michael Ahlheim, Peter Tannenberger, Dr. Thomas Aenis, Prof. Dr. Hermann Waibel
Scientific steering and monitoring committee: Robin Matthews

(Further documents: see openILIAS 1.3.11.)

Workshop on "Rubber Management & Responsible Use of Agro-Chemicals"
05.11. - 06.11.2015
Mandian Education Centre, China

This WS was conducted to improve the understanding of agro-chemicals and create awareness concerning their potential negative impacts. Additionally, participants were informed and trained how to safely apply agro-chemicals where needed.

Current best practice in rubber management was presented, but also alternative options. Finally, the objective of the workshop was to better understand the needs and requirements of the participants when it comes to land-use decisions. This will help to tailor further activities to the needs of the participants.

Participants of the Workshop in front of the Mandian Research Centre

4th Regional Stakeholder Workshop- Summary
14.08.2015
Jinghong, China
SURUMER participants: Dr. Thomas Aenis, Jue Wang

Further participants were from government bureaus as Xishuangbanna Agricultural Bureau, Bio-industry Development office, Xishuangbanna Environmental Protection Bureau, Xishuangbanna Reclamation Bureau, Xishuangbanna Forest Bureau, and Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve Bureau; from research institutes as Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden and Yunnan Institute of Tropical Crops; from State Farms as Jinghong Farm Management Board; from enterprises as Jingtai Green Industry Company.

The overall objective of this workshop was to present and discuss the preliminary results of SP8, including:
1) Present preliminary results of ESS ranking of different stakeholder groups, farmers’ willingness to accept land-use change, the existing rubber value chain in Xishuangbanna, a decision making tool;
2) Discuss factors of willingness to accept; and 3) Discuss the application of the decision making tool.

Jue Wang from SP8 introduces the concept and ecosystem services to the participants	Participants discuss the results

SURUMER- Planning the Implementation Phase  II
04.12.2014
SIMT, University of Hohenheim, Germany
SURUMER participants: Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch, Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Sabine Baumgartner, Inga Häuser, Dr. Marc Cotter, Dr. Carsten Marohn, Dr. Sergey Blagodatskiy, Dr. Sabine Stürz, Prof. Dr. Heidrun Steinmetz, Manuel Krauß, Maren Burkert, Dr. habil. Konrad Martin, Franziska Harich, Sonna Pelz, Dr. Thomas Aenis, Jue Wang, Prof. Dr. Hermann Waibel
Scientific steering and monitoring committee: Robin Matthews

(Further documents: see openILIAS 1.3.10.)

Workshop „Sustainability of Natural Rubber in the 21st Century“
15.10. - 17. 10.2014
Vientiane, Laos
SURUMER participants, see: Report incl. list of participants

Workshop on Scenario development and Modelling approaches
02.10.2014
Stuttgart, Germany
SURUMER participants: Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Dr. Marc Cotter, Manuel Krauß, Inga Häuser, Dr. Sergey Blagodatskiy

3. Regional Stakeholder- Workshop
06.08.2014
Jinghong, China
SURUMER participants: Hongxi Liu, Xueqing Yang, Kexin Feng, Manuel Krauss, Prof. Dr. Heidrun Steinmetz, Dr. Thomas Aenis, Dr. Susanne Hofmann-Souki, Jue Wang, Zhengqing Song, Lijuan Duan

The objective of this workshop was to present SURUMER preliminary research results and discuss with regional stakeholders (administration, industry, research institutes) from Xishuangbanna Prefecture and SURUMER representatives. SURUMER SP1 and SP3 gave presentations on their research topics about carbon, soil erosion and safe drinking water. The general framework for SURUMER training unit was discussed to identify an appropriate format of training and training needs of stakeholder.

Learning Visit to Jinghong
SURUMER - GIZ Lao PDR Cooperation
03.06. - 07.06. 2014
Jinghong, China

(Further documents: see openILIAS 6.)

SURUMER- Planning the Implementation Phase
26.05. - 27.05.2014
University of Hohenheim, Germany
SURUMER participants: Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch, Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Sabine Baumgartner, Inga Häuser, Dr. Marc Cotter, Dr. Sergey Blagodatskiy, Dr. Sabine Stürz, Manuel Krauß, Kexin Feng, Dr. habil. Konrad Martin, PD. Dr. Anna Treydte, Prof. Dr. Michael Ahlheim, Sonna Pelz, Dr. Thomas Aenis, Susanne Hofmann-Souki, Prof. Dr. Hermann Waibel, Min Shi

(Further documents see: openILIAS 1.3.9.)

Interdisciplinary soil and water workshop
17.05.2014
Jinghong, China
SURUMER participants: Maren Burkert, Lydia Seitz, Hongxi Liu, Rong Lang, Xiu- Wei Liu, Dr. Arisoa Rajaona

(Further documents: see openILIAS 1.3.8.)

French-German Bilateral Symposium- Communiqué Climate Change, Agriculture and Forestry
07.05. 2014
Berlin, Germany
SURUMER participant: Dr. Sergey Blagodatskiy, Dr. Gerhard Langenberger

Scenario-Group Meeting
13.01. - 14.01.2014
University of Hohenheim, Germany
SURUMER participants : Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Min Shi, Lydia Seitz, Maren Burkert, Franziska Harich, Manuel Krauss, Dr. Marc Cotter, Dr. Sergey Blagodatskiy, Dr. Carsten Marohn, Prof. Dr. Konrad Martin, Inga Häuser, Jue Wang

(Further documents: see openILIAS 1.3.1.)

3. Subproject Leader Meeting
11.12.2013
University of Hohenheim, Germany
SURUMER participants : Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch, Prof. Dr. Michael Ahlheim, Britta Möller, Prof. Dr. Heidrun Steinmetz, Sabine Stürz, Manuel Krauss, Dr. Sergey Blagodatskiy, Prof. Dr. Konrad Martin, Dr. Thomas Aenis, Franziska Harich, Dr. Marc Cotter, Sabine Baumgartner

(Further documents: see openILIAS 1.3.5.)

2. Regional Stakeholder- Workshop
02.12.2013
Mandian Education Center (NRWNNR), China
SURUMER participants: Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Dr. Thomas Aenis, Jue Wang, Kexin Feng, Lixia Tang, Dr. Susanne Hoffmann-Souki

Goal: Deepening the discussion about problem aspects of rubber cultivation in Xisuangbanna, with emphasis on water related problems and rubber value chain based on results of the first Stakeholder workshop and interviews with village heads and farmers + Discussion about future scenarios and upcoming workshops.

1. Village head focus group discussion
05.11.2013
SURUMER participants: Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Jue Wang, Kexin Feng

Goal: Get to know farmers' problems and problem perspectives towards rubber cultivation which relate to ESS within the frame of SURUMER research (benefits and indicators), and discuss possible future scenarios.

Ecosystem Service Assessment (ESA) Autumn Workshop
31.10.2013
University of Hohenheim, Germany
SURUMER participants : Dr. Marc Cotter, Inga Häuser, Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch, Sergey Blagodatskiy, Manuel Krauß, Sabine Stürz, Oliver Frör, Thomas Aenis, Jue Wang

(Further documents: see openILIAS 3.4.1.)

SURUMER Plenary meeting with "External Scientific Steering and Monitoring Committee"
18.09. - 19.09.2013
University of Hohenheim, Germany

(Further documents: see openILIAS 1.3.5.)

SURUMER Goals and Interdisciplinary Research
05.06. - 06.06.2013
University of Hohenheim, Germany
SURUMER participants : Dr. G. Langenberger, I. Häuser, Dr. M. Cotter, Prof. Dr. J. Sauerborn, S. Baumgartner, C. Marohn, Prof. Dr. G. Cadisch, Dr. S. Blagodatskiy, S.Stürz, Dr. A. Rajaona, M. Burkert, L. Seitz, Prof. Dr. H. Steinmetz, M. Krauß, A. Völker, Prof. Dr. K. Martin, PD. Dr. A. Treydte, Prof. Dr. Oliver Frör, B. Möller, Dr. T. Aenis, J. Wang, D. Zhai, M. Shi

(Further documents see openILIAS 1.3.4.)

Training course on RISE 2.0 method and software
04.02. - 06.02.2013
Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany
SURUMER participants: Xueqing Yang, Inga Häuser, Lang Rong

1. Xishuangbanna regional Stakeholder- Workshop
10.01.2013
Jinghong, China
SURUMER participants: Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Dr. Thomas Aenis

(Further documents: see openILIAS 1.3.2.)

2. Subproject Leader Meeting
07.12.2012
University of Hohenheim, German
SURUMER participants:   Prof. Dr. Michael Ahlheim, Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch, Prof. Dr. Konrad Martin, Prof. Dr. Joachim Sauerborn, Prof. Dr. Silke Wieprecht, Dr. Thomas Aenis, Dr. Sergey Blagodatskiy, Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Dr. Arisoa Rajaona, Dr. Anna Treydte, Inga Häuser, Manuel Krauss, Lydia Seitz, Sabine Stürz

Protocol can be found in openILIAS (1.3.)

Workshop on stakeholder involvement
06.12.2012
University of Hohenheim, Germany
SURUMER participants: Dr. Thomas Aenis, Lydia Seitz, Maren Bukert, Sabine Baumgartner, Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Prof. Dr. Konrad Martin, Dr. Sergey Blagodatski, Sonna Belz (on behalf of SP7)

(Further documents: see openILIAS 1.3.2.)

Coordination meeting with project partners
26.10.2012
Hainan, China
SURUMER participant: Dr. Thomas Aenis

Stakeholder meeting
20.10. - 21.10.2012
Jinghong, China
SURUMER participants: Manuel Krauß, Lydia Seitz, Rebecca Schaufelberger, Maren Burkert, Prof. Dr. Uwe Nagel, Dr. Thomas Aenis, Jue Wang, Tang Lixia

(Further documents: see openILIAS 1.3.2.)

  
1. GLUES- SURUMER coordination meeting
14.02.2012
University of Hohenheim, Germany
SURUMER participants: Joachim Sauerborn, Gerhard Langenberger, Konrad Martin, Marc Cotter, Inga Häuser

(Further documents: see openILIAS 1.3.)

1. Subproject Leader Meeting
24.01.2012
University of Hohenheim, Germany
SURUMER participants: Dr. Thomas Aenis, Prof. Dr. Michael Ahlheim, Dr. Sergey Blagodatskiy, Dr. Marc Cotter, Prof. Dr. Oliver Frör, Dr. Jan Grenz, Inga Häuser, Manuel Krauss, Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Dr. Carsten Marohn, Prof. Dr. Konrad Martin, Dr. Andreas Müterthies, Prof. Dr. Joachim Sauerborn, Lydia Seitz, Sabine Stürz, Dr. Anna Treydte, Andreas Völker, Prof. Dr. Hermann Waibel, Dr. Luis Waldmüller

The presentation of the meeting can be found in openILIAS (1.3.)

Conference and workshop contributions

Cross-Scale Resilience in Socio-Ecological Simulations
01.05. - 04.05.2017
Lorentz Center, Leiden, Netherlands
SURUMER participant: Kevin Thellmann

Training Workshop "Isotopes in Soil Science Research"
06.02. - 10.2.2017
Georg-­August­-Universität Göttingen
SURUMER participant: Rong Lang

13. Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 13)
04.12 - 17.12.2016
Cancun, Mexico
SURUMER participant: Manuel Krauß

Poster Thellmann, K. et al. : "SURUMER- Sustainable Rubber Cultivation in the Mekong Region- Implementing Aichi Biodiversity Targets."Poster Krauß, M. et al. : "Water management in tropical South China- The challenge of rubber mono-cultures."

13th International Symposium on River Sedimentation
19.09. - 22.09.2016
Stuttgart, Germany

SURUMER session including:

• Oral presentation Langenberger, G. et al: "Managing rubber plantations towards improved water protection."
• Oral presentation Liu, H. et al.: "Impact of land cover change on soil erosion and water yield in rubber dominated landscape."
• Oral presentation Liu, H. et al.: "Dynamic change of anti-erosive effectiveness of rubber plantations and its improvement by herbicide management."
• Oral presentation Seitz, L. et al.: "Reduction of fine sediment infiltration into rivers by implementing riparian buffer strips in an agricultural dominated area in Southwest China."
• Oral presentation Aenis, T. et al.: "Research-praxis integration in South China- the rocky road to implement strategies for sustainable rubber cultivation in the Mekong Region."

Tropentag 2016
18.09. - 21.09.2016
Vienna, Austria
SURUMER participants: Sabine Baumgartner, Inga Häuser, Kevin Thellmann, Jue Wang

Oral presentation Häuser, I. et al. : "Biodiversity Assessment in Rubber Plantations — a Comparison of Different Species’ Requests."

Poster Wang, J. et al.: "Stakeholder analysis in support of joint land use decision making: Case from Xishuangbanna, Southwest China."

EcoSummit 2016
29.08. - 01.09.2016
Le Corum, Montpellier, France
SURUMER participants: Franziska Harich, Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Hongxi Liu, Kevin Thellmann, Yang Xueqing

SURUMER contributions

LMI- LUSES Annual meeting
08.06. - 09.06. 2016
Bangkok, Thailand
SURUMER participant: Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch

GLUES - WOCAT : 3rd Synthesis Workshop
17.05. - 19.05. 2016
Berlin, Germany
SURUMER participants: Dr. Thomas Aenis, Dr. Gerhard Langenberger

IRSG Focus Forum on Sustainability
10.05. - 11.05. 2016
Singapore, Singapore
SURUMER participant: Dr. Gerhard Langenberger

Expert talk "Sustainability connects" (Global Sustainability Fair)
01.04.2016
Stuttgart Fair, Germany
SURUMER participant: Dr. Gerhard Langenberger

17th Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty- Scaling up Responsible Land Governance
14.03. - 18.03.2016
Washington, USA
SURUMER participant: Prof. DR. Hermann Waibel

Oral presentation Waibel, H. et al.: "Smallholder Participation In Land Rental Market In A Mountainous Region Of Southern China: Impact of Population Aging, Land Tenure Security and Ethnicity."

The "FinalConference2016"
07.03. - 09.03. 2016
Berlin, Germany
SURUMER participants: Dr. Thomas Aenis, Dr. Sergey Blagodatskiy, Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch, Dr. Marc Cotter, Manuel Krauß, Rong Lang, Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Hongxi Liu, Prof. Dr. Heidrung Steinmetz, Peter Tannenberger, Andreas Völker, Prof. Dr. Hermann Waibel, Jue Wang, Xueqing Yang

SURUMER contributions

SURUMER- Stand at the Conference Market Place

30th Trinkwasserkolloquium "3 Jahrzenhnte Trinkwasserkolloquium- 3 Jahrzehnte Entwicklung in Wasserversorgung und Gewässerschutz"
18.02.2016
Stuttgart, Germany
SURUMER participant: Neda Azizi

Poster presentation Azizi, N. et al: "SURUMER- Sustainable Rubber Cultivation in the Mekong Region- delevopment of Strategic Management Tool."

GLUES Meeting of project coordinators and 5th Stakeholder Workshop
20.01. - 21.01. 2016
Berlin, Germany
SURUMER participants: Dr. Thomas Aenis

The International Conference on World Food Policy: The Furture Faces of Food and Farming; Regional Challenges
17.12. - 18.12. 2015
Bangkok, Thailand
SURUMER participant: Shi Min, Prof. Dr. Hermann Waibel

Oral lecture Min, S. et al.: "Land use, agrobiodiversity and smallholder rubber farmers' risk perception: A case study from Xishuangbanna, China."

GLUES - WOCAT : 2nd Synthesis Workshop
25.11. - 27.11. 2015
Berlin, Germany
SURUMER participant: Dr. Thomas Aenis, Dr. Gerhard Langenberger

PECS 2015 Conference- Social ecological dynamics in the Athropocene
03.11. - 05.11. 2015
Stellenbosch, South Africa
SURUMER participant: Inga Häuser

Oral presentation Häuser, I. et al.: "Ecosystem Service Assessment, integrating multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary results – a case study of rubber production."

2nd International Conference on Global Food Security
11.10. - 14.10. 2015
Ithaca, USA
SURUMER participant: Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch

Oral presentation Cadisch, G. et al.: "Rapid rubber expansion - a threat to food security and essential environmental services?"

LMI LUSES Annual meeting
10.10. - 22.10.2015
Khon Kaen, Thailand
SURUMER participant: Dr. Sergey Blagodatskiy

Oral presentation I Blagodatskiy, S. et al.: "SURUMER-Sustainable Rubber Cultivation in the Mekong Region."
Oral presentation II Blagodatskiy, S. et al.: "Carbon stocks and dynamics in rubber dominated watershed in Xishuangbanna, China."

International Interdisciplinary Conference on Land Use and Water Quality
21.09. - 24.09.2015
Vienna, Austria
SURUMER participant: Hongxi Liu

Poster presentation Liu, H. et al.: "Impact of land cover change on soil erosion and water yield at plot and watershed level in rubber dominated landscapes."

5th International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter
20.09. - 24.09.2015
Göttingen, Germany
SURUMER participant: Dr. Sergey Blagodatskiy, Rong Lang

Oral presentation Blagodatskiy, S. et al.: "Microbial turnover and temperature effect on soil organic matter decomposition: model structure as a crucial factor."

Poster presentation Lang, R. et al.: "Soil respiration and methane exchange in rubber plantations and rainforest: impact of land use change."

Tropentag 2015
16.09. - 18.09.2015
Berlin, Germany

SURUMER- contributions

GfOe Annual Meeting 2015
31.08. - 04.09.2015
Göttingen, Germany
SURUMER participant: Dr. Gerhard Langenberger

Oral presentation Langenberger, G. et al.: "Rubber plantation as repositories for endangered plant species? A case study from SW China."

Oral presentation Yang, X. et al.: "Assessing the impact of forest-to-rubber conversion: land use carbon dynamic and its ecosystem service benefit evaluation."

Interdisciplinary congress of experts on the convention on biological diversity (in German)
25.08. - 27.08.2015
International Academy of Nature Conservation Vilm, Germany
SURUMER participant: Franziska Harich

Oral presentation Harich, F. et al.: "Asiatische Elefanten und andere Wildtiere im Konfliktfeld zwischen Biodiversitätsschutz und der Ausbreitung landwirtschaftlicher Nutzflächen in Südostasien."

International Conference of Agricultural Economists
08.08 - 14.08.2015
Milan, Italy  
SURUMER participants: Shi Min, Prof. Dr. Hermann Waibel

Oral presentation Min, S. et al.:"Adoption of intercropping among smallholder rubber farmers in Xishuangbanna, China."

GLUES Meeting of project coordinators 2015 and 4th Stakeholder Workshop
18.05. - 19.05.2015
Berlin, Germany
SURUMER participant: Dr. Gerhard Langenberger

Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology
07.04. - 10.04.2015
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
SURUMER participant: Franziska Harich

Oral presentation Harich, F. et al.: "How to benefit from being eaten? Elephant seed disperal experiments with Dillenia indica in Southeast Asia."

11th International Workshop on Operation Research
10.03. - 13.03.2015
Havanna, Cuba
SURUMER participant: Prof. Dr. Michael Ahlheim

Oral presentation Ahlheim, M.: "The economic valuation of changes in landuse towards more sustainability – An empirical example from southwest China."

29. Trinkwasserkolloquium "Zukunftsfähigkeit und Sicherheit der Trinkwasserversorgung
26.02.2015
Stuttgart, Germany

Poster presentation Krauß, M. et al.:"Safe drinking water in the Naban River Watershed National Natural Reserve- Status quo"

Poster presentation Krauß, M. et al.:"Safe drinking water in the Naban River Watershed  National Nature Reserve- Measures"

Sustainable Natural Rubber Initiative (SNR-i) Workshop
12.02.2015
Brussels, Belgium
SURUMER participant: Dr. Marc Cotter

Kick-off Workshop GLUES - WOCAT book and videos
27.01. - 29.01.2015
Leipzig, Germany
SURUMER participants: Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Dr. Thomas Aenis

Euroleague for Life Sciences- Scientific Students Conference
14.11. - 15.11.2014
Warsaw, Poland
SURUMER participant: Alvaro Mañas

Oral presentation Mañas, A.: "Assessing the potential of wildlife corridors as mitigation measures for human-elephant conflicts in rubber-dominated landscapes"

Humidtropics Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Innovation Systems (RAAIS) Workshop
06.11. - 07.11.2014
Xishuangbanna, China
SURUMER participants: Dr. Sergey Blagodatskiy, Lijuan Duan

International Conference on Food Security and Rural Development
18.10. - 20.10.2014
Nanjing, China
SURUMER participant: Prof. Dr. Michael Ahlheim

Oral presentation Ahlheim, M.: "Replacing Rubber Plantations by Rain Forest in Southwest China."

LMI-LUSES Annual Meeting - Dynamic of Land Use Changes and Soil Ecosystem Service
13.10. - 15.10.2014
Vientiane, Laos
SURUMER participant: Dr. Gerhard Langenberger

12. Conference of the Parties (CBD, COP 12)
06.10. - 17.10. 2014
Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea
SURUMER participant: Dr. Marc Cotter

Mid-Term Seminar and 3rd Advisory Board Meeting
07.10.2014
Bonn, Germany
SURUMER participants: Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch, Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Dr. Marc Cotter, Dr. Thomas Aenis, Jue Wang

Humidtropics Central Mekong Action Area- Platform Launch meeting
24.09.2014
Jinghong, China
SURUMER participants: Xueqing Yang, Lang Rong, Hongxi Liu

Tropentag 2014
17.09. - 19.09. 2014
Prague, Czech Republic
SURUMER contributions

2014 International Conference on Rubber (2014 ICR)
28.08. - 30.08.2014
Thaksin University, Thailand
SURUMER participant: Prof. Dr. Hermann Waibel, Franziska Harich
Book of abstracts

Oral presentation Harich, F. et al.: "Can rubber cultivations serve as wildlife habitat? A case study from Tai Rom Yen National Park, Thailand."

The 3rd Asia Regional Conference of the Society for Conservation Biology- Asia Section
19.08. - 22.08. 2014
Melaka, Malaysia
SURUMER participant: Franziska Harich

Oral presentation Harich, F. et al.:  "Human-elephant conflicts in rubber-dominated landscapes surrounding protected areas in Southern Thailand."

GLUES Meeting of project coordinators 2014 and 3rd Workshop on Stakeholder Management
15.05. - 16.05. 2014
Berlin, Germany
SURUMER participant: Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Dr. Thomas Aenis

Local Stakeholder Workshop organised by the "Department of National Parks"
14.05. - 15.05. 2014
Surat Thani, Thailand
SURUMER participant: Franziska Harich

Oral presentation Harich, F. et al.: "Conflicts with elephants around Tai Rom Yen National Park."

11th European IFSA Symposium
01.04. - 04.04.2014
Berlin, Germany
SURUMER participants: Dr. Thomas Aenis, Jue Wang

Oral presentation Aenis, T. et al. "From information giving to mututal scenario definition: Stakeholder participation towards Sustainable Rubber Cultivation in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China."

Natural Capital Project - Annual meeting & training
26.03. - 28.03. 2014
Standford University, San Francisco, California
SURUMER participants: Inga Häuser, Prof. Dr. Joachim Sauerborn, Prof. Dr. Oliver Frör

Oral presentation Häuser, I. et al.: "Terrestrial Ecosystem Services modeled with InVest in the project consortium "Sustainable Rubber Cultivation in the Mekong Region."

GTÖ- Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology
25.02. - 28.02.2014
Munich, Germany
SURUMER participant: Franziska Harich

Oral presentation Harich, F. et al:Rubber versus elephants: Conflicts of human land-use and wildlife habitat in Southern Thailand."

World Congress on Agroforestry 
10.02. - 14.02.2014
Delhi, India
SURUMER participants: Prof. Dr Georg Cadisch, Prof. Xu, Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Dr. Marc Cotter, Prof. Dr. Herman Waibel

Session Chair (Prof. Dr. Cadisch und Prof. Xu): "Ecology and Economics of Rubber-based Agroforestry"

28. Trinkwasserkolloquium "Zukünftige Herausforderungen für die Wasserversorgung - Vom Klimawandel über die Demografie bis hin zur Organisation"
13.02.2014
Stuttgart, Germany
SURUMER participants: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heidrun Steinmetz, Prof. Dr. Jörg Metzger, Ralf Minke, Manuel Krauß

Poster presentation "Online Monitoring in einem von Kautschuk geprägten tropischen Wassereinzugsgebiet"
"Mitigation Measures with Stakeholder Involvements"

GLUES Workshop "Joint Publications with Regional Projects: Land Systems Archetypes, Sustainable Boundaries of Land Use & Global Scenarios"
14.11. - 15.11.2013
Leipzig, Germany
SURUMER participant: Inga Häuser, Dr. Gerhard Langenberger

International Conference on Sustainable Natural Ressource Management in Rural CHina- Governing markets? 
30.09.2013
Nanjing,China
SURUMER participant: Shi Min

Poster presentation: Min, S. et al: "Rubber farmers' environmental awareness and attitude toward local ecosystem protection in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province."

2nd TTorch Summer School "Challenges in measurement and modeling on greenhouse gas concentrations and fluxes"
20.09. - 11.10.2013
Hyytiälä field station, Finnland
SURUMER participant: Lang Rong

3rd International Congress of Environment 2013
26.09. - 28.09.2013
Xi'an, China
SURUMER participant: Manuel Krauss

Poster presentation Krauss, M. et al. "Development and Appliance of a Strategic Water Management Tool in a Watershed in Southern Yunnan."

Tropentag 2013
17.-19.09.2013
Hohenheim, Germany

SURUMER Poster session: "Tree Crops and Plantation Trees II"
SURUMER Oral session: "Tree Crops and Plantation Trees"

35th IAHR World Congress
08.09. - 13.09.2013
Chengdu, China
SURUMER participants: Lydia Seitz, Prof. Dr. Silke Wieprecht

6th Annual International ESP Conference 2013
26.08. - 30.08.2013
Bali, Indonesia
SURUMER participants: Inga Häuser, Dr. Marc Cotter

Oral presentation Cotter, M. et al.: "Integrative Ecosystem Service Assessment as Challenge to Interdisciplinary Projects- the SURUMER Concept."

Poster presentation Häuser, I. et al.: "Ecosystem Service Valuation for Rubber Plantations using InVest- as Case Study from Xishuangbanna, PR China."

Conferénce Suisse Inter- et Transdisciplinarité
Universitäre Lehre im Wandel: Innvoative Methoden und institutionelle Ansprüche
06.07.2013
Bern, Switzerland
SURUMER participant: Dr. Susanne Hofmann-Souki

Oral presentation Hofmann-Souki, S. et al.:"Interdisciplinary Study Projects within the Framework of Transdisciplinary Processes."

German Water Partnership Länderforum China
27.06.2013
Gütersloh, Germany
SURUMER participant: Manuel Krauß

International Conference on Solids in River Basins
20.06. - 21.06.2013
Karlsruhe, Germany
SURUMER participants: Lydia Seitz, Maren Burkert

Poster presentation Seitz, L. et al. "The Influence of fine sediment input on the interstitial space."

Workshop "Management of inter- and transdisciplinary joint research projects“
18.06. - 19.06.2013
Rüdesheim, Germany
SURUMER participant: Dr. Gerhard Langenberger

Lange Nacht der Wissenschaft
08.06.2013
Berlin, Germany
SURUMER Exhibition

GESINUS meeting
27.05. - 28.05. 2013
Trondheim, Norway
SURUMER participant: Lydia Seitz

Oral presentation Seitz, L.: "The Influence of Fine Sediment Input induced by Rubber Cultivation on the Substratum Composition of a River Bed"

Status Conference 2013
17.04.-19.04.2013
Berlin, Germany
SURUMER participants : Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch, Prof. Dr. Konrad Martin, Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Dr. Sergey Blagodatski, Prof. Dr. Steinmetz, Lydia Seitz, Manuel Krauß, Prof. Dr. Ahlheim, Dr. Thomas Aenis, Sabine Baumgartner
Overview sessions and presentations

Symposium "Conservation and utilization of tropical forests" of the Committee for Ecology of the Bavarian Academy of Science
Flyer
09.04.2013
München, Deutschland
SURUMER participant: Prof. Dr. Konrad Martin

International Spring University on Ecosystem Services Modeling 
11.03. - 22.03.2013
Bilbao, Spain
SURUMER participant: Inga Häuser

Blue Colloquium
12.03.2013
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
SURUMER participant: Prof. Dr. Silke Wieprecht

Mekong Environmental Symposium
05.03. - 07.03.2013
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
SURUMER participant: Ralf Minke, Dr. Gerhard Langenberger

27. Trinkwasserkolloquium
21.02.2013
Stuttgart, Germany
SURUMER participants: Maren Burkert, Prof. Dr. Heidrun Steinmetz, Prof. Dr. Jörg Metzger

2. GLUES Workshop on Stakeholder Management and Cooperation Strategies
22.01 - 23.01.2013 Berlin, Germany
SURUMER participants: Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Dr. Thomas Aenis, Sabine Baumgartner, Franziska Harich

Workshop "Communication in Sustainable Land Management- How to continue?"
07.12.2012
Berlin, Germany
SURUMER participant: Sabine Baumgartner

Future of Lancang River- Workshop
30.11.2012
Jinghong, China
SURUMER participant: Jue Wang

Innovative Methodologies and Technologies for Sustainable Communication- Joint Egyptian German Scientific Workshop
02.10. - 05.10.2012
Cairo, Egypt
SURUMER participant: Prof. Dr. Silke Wieprecht

4th International EcoSummit 2012
Ecological Sustainability - Restoring the planet's ecosystem services
30.09. - 05.10.2012
Columbus, Ohio, USA
SURUMER participant: Dr. Marc Cotter

Oral presentation Cotter, M. et al.: "Introducing a biodiversity assessment tool for the Greater Mekong Subregion - the impact of rural development on species diversity."

Tropentag 2012: Resilience of agricultural systems against crisis
19.09. - 21.09.2012
Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany
SURUMER participants: Sabine Baumgartner, Franziska Harich, Claudia Amelia Huber Méndez
Poster presentation Huber Méndez, C. et al.: "The Environmental Impact on Carbon Balance of Rubber Plantations- A Case Study on Nabanhe National Nature Reserve in Xishuangbanna, China"

GLUES Workshop "Models & scenarios"
03.09.2012
Berlin, Germany
SURUMER participant: Dr. Sergey Blagodatskiy

Interdisciplinary congress of experts on the convention on biological diversity
20.08. - 24.08.2012
International Academy of Nature Conservation Vilm, Germany
SURUMER participants: Dr. Marc Cotter

Oral presentation Cotter, M.:" Development of a model for evaluation of the effects of large-scale plantation cultivation on species" in the framework of the LILAC- / SURUMER project, SO-Asia
Abstract

International Training on Participatory Forest Management
Berlin, Germany
10.08. - 24. 08.2012
SURUMER participant: Dr. Thomas Aenis

The Experiences Exchange on Rubber Cultivation and Ecosystem Management
17.08. -18.08.2012
Shenzhen, China
SURUMER participant: Qingsong Li

1. GLUES Workshop for regional projects on stakeholder analysis and integration
08.05. - 09.05.2012
Berlin, Germany
SURUMER participant: Dr. Thomas Aenis

RISE Workshop
26.04. - 27.04.2012
Frick, Switzerland
SURUMER participants: Dr. Marc Cotter, Inga Häuser

GLUES Workshop "Synthesis Workshop on Ecosystem Services"
16.04. - 18.04.2012
Berlin, Germany
SURUMER participants: Dr. Marc Cotter, Inga Häuser

International Scientific Conference on "Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountain Areas"
16.04. - 18.04.2012
Stuttgart, Germany
SURUMER participants: Prof. Dr. Konrad Martin, Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch, Prof. Dr. Ahlheim
SUMARIO participants: Prof. Dr. Karl Stahr
LEGATO participants: Prof. Dr. Josef Settele
LUCCi participants: Alexandra Nauditt

Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology & Conservation
24.03. - 27.03.2012
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China
SURUMER participants: Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch, Dr. Sergey Blagodatskiy, Dr. Anna Treydte, Franziska Harich

Oral presentation Blagodatskiy, S. et al. "Carbon dynamics in land use systems of southern Yunnan: the role of intensified rubber cultivation"

Oral presentation Langenberger, G. et al. (presented by Dr. Anna Treydte) "Sustainable rubber cultivation in the Mekong region (SURUMER)"

LUCCi Stakeholder Workshop
05.03. - 06.03.2012
Tam Ky/Da Nang, Vietnam
SURUMER participant: Dr. Gerhard Langenberger

GLUES Workshopon UN-conventions in the framework of GLUES science-policy interface (in German)
31.01. - 01.02.2012
Berlin, Germany
SURUMER participants: Dr. Gerhard Langenberger, Dr. Marc Cotter

Other activities

Guest lecture at the University of Freiburg
09.02.2016
Freiburg, Germany
Guest lecturer: Franziska Harich

Title of the presentation: "Wild mammal diversity and conflicts with people in rubber-dominated landscapes in Southeast Asia."

Study on Farmers' Acceptance of Land use changes

Farmers "willingness" to accept land use changes and respective compensations is a decisive factor for the implementation of strategies developed within SURUMER. The objective of this study is to analyse - for predefined cases - individual acceptance factors, conditions of acceptance as well as possible monetary and non-monetary compensations.

The following cases with relevance for the  SURUMER framework will be analysed:
1) water protection zones (with measures of agrochemical use reduction and soil coverage keeping) and
2) intercropping of rubber with endangered tree spieces.

The study preparation phase started in Oct 2014 and the field phase will be in March 2015 in NNNR. Results will be discussed during a regional stakeholder workshop in August 2015.

Sustainable natural rubber production in Malaysias Kedah State- Mr. Zeiler from "Einhorn" condoms invited G. Langenberger to visit the NR-producing sector

 March 19^th to 26^th, Dr. G. Langenberger visited Malaysia´s Kedah State, invited by ‘Einhorn’ (http://einhorn.my/), a German start-up from Berlin who is establishing a new condom brand. ‘Einhorn’ wants to redefine the understanding of sustainability along the whole production chain of natural rubber (NR), which is the major source of condoms. Therefore, the co-founder of Einhorn, Mr. Waldemar Zeiler, was seeking the expertise of agronomical and environmental experts to assess the current situation and set up criteria for an innovative standard of NR production. To that purpose Mr. Zeiler contacted SURUMER, who is currently the biggest research project dealing with questions of ESS-provision and environmental sustainability of rubber, to discuss the options of a long-term co-operation.
Since Malaysia is well known as provider of high-quality healthcare products based on NR, as e.g. surgical gloves or condoms, Mr. Zeiler identified Malaysia as ideal production site to implement the vision of Einhorn. With ‘Richter Rubber Technology’ (rrt) (http://richterrubber.com/), a leading producer of condoms and respective machinery with a yearly output of more than half a billion condoms, Mr. Zeiler found a well suited partner who is very much interested to contribute to a more sustainable rubber production.
The Malaysian state of Kedah is located in the NW of Malaysia, bordering the Thai provinces of Songkhla and Yala in the North and facing the Malacca Strait along its western shores. With the neighbouring State of Penang and its international airport Kedah is very well connected. The state is a major producer of NR and palm oil as well as a traditional rice grower. Economically, Kedah is highly developed and is home to a respective production and processing industry.
The objective of the visit of Dr. Langenberger to Malaysia was the assessment of the local framework conditions for the implementation of the envisaged cooperation, comprising the availability and suitability of plantation sites, official support by the Malaysian Rubber Board (http://www.lgm.gov.my/), as well as the research environment. The one-week trip consisted of a visit to the RichterRubber production site at Kuala Ketil, excursions to the rubber estate of Mr. Steven Te Lim Thee as well as to a newly established rubber-farmers´ cooperative. This program was completed by meetings with high ranking representatives of the Malaysian Rubber Board as Ms. Rosna Binti Abd Razak, State Director of the MRB for Kedah, and Ms. Datuk Dr. Salmiah Ahmad, Director General of the Malaysian Rubber Board, as well as with the State Executive Council of the State Government of Kedah Darul Aman, Mr. Yb. Dato’ Dr. Ku Abd. Rahman Ku Ismail. As a result of these meetings there was a general consensus that the rubber industry needs to be further developed, and that especially the required work force (tappers) causes increasing problems since the laborious work is not very attractive to young people who have better income options in the nearby cities and industries. Therefore, there is a distinct openness to new ideas as well as the assurance of the respective support to implement such ideas. For SURUMER this can provide interesting options to implement ideas on a more eco-friendly NR-production.

Guest-lecture Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science
25.02.2014
XTBG, China
Guest lecturer: Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch

Title: "Atmospheric conditions as modifiers of abiotic stress responses in plants"

New Project office inaugurated
The new project office within the NRWNNR compound in Jinghong was inaugurated in October 2013. It has two rooms and access to an additional storage room. A laboratory room - currently under construction- will also be accessible soon.

Photo: Inauguration celebration of new office in Jinghong

Guest-lecture Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science
06.08.2013 / 20.08.2013
XTBG, China
Guest lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Michael Ahlheim
Title: "Integrated water resource management and PES - a case study from Xinjiang"

and Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch
Title: "Challenges in land-use change modeling – linking upland/lowland interdependencies and human interactions"

Guest lecture at XTBG
14.05.2013
XTBG, China
Lecturer: Dr. Arisoa Rajaona

Title: "Physiological and growth responses of Jatropha curcas L. to water, nitrogen and salt stresses"

Visit of a former rubber-enrichment trial established in the framework of a former Sino-German Technical Cooperation project on Hainan Island.
In order to assess the results of a former GIZ project on Hainan Island, promoting intercropping under rubber plantations, Mr. Li from Subproject 5 visited Nangeng village of Baoting county on the 1^st of August 2012. An interview on the current extend and success of rubber plantations practicing intercropping, was conducted with Mr. Zhu, the head of the local farmer association.
According to Mr. Zhu, there are currently 1000mu (ca. 67ha) intercropped with Yizhi (Alpinia oxyphylla), a medicinal plant belonging to the ginger family. Due to its high yield and market value it is the most promising out of several tested plant species.
A more detailed assessment will follow in December of this year.

Exploratory survey in Xishuangbanna from 25th July to 1st of Ausgust 2012
An exploratory survey in Xishuangbanna was conducted in the context of the activities of Subproject  9 “Microeconomic Analysis” by research partners from China (Dr. Junfei Bai and Mr. Shi Min of the Chinese Center of Agricultural Policy at the Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Germany (Prof. Waibel and J-H. Meier, Institute of Development and Agricultural Economics, Leibniz University Hannover). Semi-structured interviews were carried out with representatives of different ethnic minorities engaged in small-scale rubber production, rubber factories have been visited and a meeting with researchers of the Tropical Crop Research Institute (TCRI) in Jinghong was held.

The exploratory survey provided important information concerning the necessary logistical arrangements for the upcoming surveys.

Photo: Meeting with owners of a rubber company in Mengla