Authors:
M. Müller, D. Müller, T. Warneke, T. Rixen, J. Notholt, N. Denis, E. Sia and A. Mujahid
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
carbon-pool, deforestation, greenhouse-gases, malaysia
Documentfile:
ipc16p151a358muellermueller.etal_.pdf
Summary:
Southeast Asian peat soils are a globally important carbon pool, but are currently undergoing severe disturbance due to anthropogenic activities such as deforestation and conversion into palm oil plantations. Peatland degradation usually increases carbon loss through direct emissions to the atmosphere and via riverine export, however, most of the data has been collected in temperate regions and information on tropical rivers is largely lacking. This presentation will provide an overview of recent work in several peat-draining rivers in Sarawak. We have for example measured dissolved greenhouse gases (GHG; CO2, CH4, N2O) using Fourier Transform InfraRed (FTIR)…