Authors:
Zulfaqar Sa‘adi and Shamsuddin Shahid
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
climate-change, peat-fire-index, risk-assessment, tropical-peatlands, uncertainty
Documentfile:
ipc16p380-382a351saadishahid.pdf
Summary:
SUMMARY
Fire has the potential to disturb the carbon stored in peats, which globally account near to the total amount of carbon in the atmosphere. Therefore, peat fire risk management is important for carbon emission reduction, particularly in the context of global climate change. Though peat in tropics is naturally fire resistant as they maintain high moisture, it has been reported that human activities including plantation development, agriculture, and logging, have made tropical peatlands more vulnerable to burning. Peat ignition probabilities may increase in a warm climate and therefore, fire susceptibility of peatlands may increase due to global warming. The objective of the present study is to assess the changes in fire susceptibility of the peatlands of Sarawak, Malaysia due to the changes in climate. The…