Authors:
Sarah Cook, Susan E. Page, Mick Whelan, Chris D. Evans, Vincent Gauci and Kho Lip Khoon
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
fluvial-organic-carbon, oil-palm-plantations, southeast-asia, tropical-peatlands
Documentfile:
ipc16p275-278a071cookpage.etal_.pdf
Summary:
SUMMARY
The conversion of tropical peatlands into oil palm plantations can result in significant perturbations to the terrestrial carbon cycle. However, dependable estimates of gaseous and fluvial carbon losses from oil palm plantations are few (Evans et al., 2014). Here, we present preliminary data that quantify the effect of establishing oil palm plantations on tropical peat fluvial organic carbon losses. The study focuses on two oil palm estates in Sarawak, Malaysia and nearby stands of peat swamp forest. Concentrations of dissolved…