Authors:
Lulie Melling and Auldry Chaddy
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
co2, compaction, drainage, oil-palm-yield, water-management
Documentfile:
ipc16a-456p20-24mellingchaddy.pdf
Summary:
SUMMARY
Sarawak, like many peatland sites throughout Southeast Asia is currently faced by challenges because of the needs for agricultural development to meet its aspiration for socio-economic progress. But, with limited suitable agricultural land, the cultivation of peat swamp, which is abundant in the State, is inevitable. To do this, it necessitates the Government and the associated agencies to develop an environmental sensitive home grown holisticapproach to balance the agricultural development in order to mitigate carbon emission problems associated with peat development. This approach takes into account soil processes and interaction between agro-management andenvironments. The key features of these agro-environmental management approaches, which are based on the principle of drainage, compaction and water management, attempts to integrate agriculture, nature and environmentfor humankind. The key agro-environmental management of tropical peatland in Sarawak, Malaysia is discussed in…