Sensitivity of high altitude peatlands to changes and their sustainable management in the the hindu-kush Himalayan region

Authors:
Wu Ning

Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress

Venue:
Kuching

Keywords:
carbon-storage, greenhouse-gas-emission, sustainable-management

Documentfile:
ipc16p280a019ning.pdf

Summary:

Peatlands in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region are present in diverse forms including floodplain marshes, wet meadows, seasonal waterlogged areas and forest swamps. As one kind of the most important wetlands in this high altitude region, they are a kind of ecosystem interface between terrestrial and aquatic habitats encompassing water, soil and organisms that are adapted to the unique wet environment, making it one of the most productive and sensitive. The dynamics of an ecosystem interface are particularly sensitive to rapid changes in climate and anthropogenic impacts, thus they could be a good indicator to use in environmental monitoring. In the HKH region…