Authors:
J. O. Rieley, D. Wilson, D. Blain, J. Couwenberg, C. D. Evans, D. Murdiyarso, , S. E. Page, F. Renou- Wilson, A. Sirin, M. Strack and E-S. Tuittila
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
carbon-dioxide, emission-factors, fire, methane, nitrous-oxide, peat, peatland, rewetting-ipcc
Documentfile:
ipc16p301-306a273rieleywilson.etal_.pdf
Summary:
SUMMARY
Organic soils store an estimated 610 Gt of carbon (C) worldwide, an amount equivalent to >70% of the current mass of C in the atmosphere. Organic soils have been drained for forestry, crop production, grazing, water supply, peat extraction and other human-related activities and account for around 10% of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the agriculture, forestry and other land use sectors (AFOLU). In addition, drainage increases the vulnerability of organic soils to fire which can lead to considerable additional GHG emissions in all climate zones, particularly…