Authors:
Imam Basuki, J. B. Kauffman, Daniel Murdiyarso and Gusti Anshari
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
land-cover-change-tropical-peat-swamp-forests-oil-palm-plantation-co2-emissions-climate-change
Documentfile:
ipc16p260-263a053basukikauffman.etal_.pdf
Summary:
SUMMARY
High rates of land cover change and deforestation in tropical peat swamp forests over the past few decades had been
judged to increased peat decomposition rates and carbon (C) emissions from peatlands, yet this had been supported by little information. Our main objective was to estimate the C emission resulting from peat swamp forests (PSF)degradation into logged PSF (LPSF) and conversions into the adjacent wet shrub (WS) and oil palm plantation (OP) of the Pematang Gadung peat dome, Ketapang, Indonesia. We tested if degradation and conversion of PSF increase the peatlands‘ potential C emissions. C emission was measured using the C stock difference methods, comparing aboveground and belowground C stocks of LPSF, WS and OP with the PSF. PSF and LPSF have significantly higher aboveground C stocks (122 and 96 Mg C ha-1, respectively) than WS and OP (12 and 7 Mg C ha-1,