Keywords: biodiversity
Bog restoration on the edge: biodiversity and other ecosystem services in Dutch raised bog remnants
The Dutch raised bog remnants ‘Peelvenen’ are remnants of a previously much more extensive raised bog landscape. The mire...
Bog restoration on the edge: biodiversity and other ecosystem services in Dutch raised bog remnants
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Biodiversity of tropical peatland in southeast Asia
SUMMARY Natural lowland peat swamps of Southeast Asia support forest vegetation forming a catena of types from their perimeter...
Impacts of the 2015 fire season on peat-swamp forest biodiversity in Indonesian Borneo
SUMMARY Southeast Asia’s tropical peat-swamp forests (PSFs) are important for biodiversity conservation, but decades of peat mis-management, illegal logging...
Restoration of peatland ecosystems and biodiversity in U Minh region of Mekong Delta, Vietnam
SUMMARY Remaining petlands distributed mainly in U Minh region of Lower Mekong Delta and they have protected asnational parks:...
Exploring novel microbial lignocellulosic enzymes from Indonesia peatland and herbivores for conversion of oil palm empty fruit bunch to biofuel
SUMMARY As the world’s number one producer of palm oil, the palm oil industry in Indonesia produces more than...
Impact of fire on microbial diversity and community structure Malaysian peatlands
Microbial communities of regional peatlands are poorly known. We used 16S rRNA gene sequencing to assess impacts of fire...
Sarawak’s approach to sustainable development
Sarawak is blessed with abundant natural resources and rich biodiversity. Home to lush tropical rainforests and diverse species of...
Lakes: a new concept for wildlife conservation on Irish cutaway peatlands
By 2030, Ireland will have more than 80,000ha of cutaway peatlands. Since the early 1990s, lake creation has emerged...
Cutaway bog vs. Rural Environmental Protection Scheme – on cost benefit, could cutaway deliver more for biodiversity?
Introduced in 1994, The Rural Environmental Protection Scheme (REPS) has cost the Irish tax payer and the European Union...