Keywords: ecosystem security

Carbon dioxide balance of a secondary tropical peat swamp forest in Sarawak, Malaysia

Tropical peatlands are important reservoirs of terrestrial carbon. Therefore, net ecosystem exchange (NEE) of carbon dioxide (CO2) from this...

Valuing and mapping ecosystem services hotspot and trade-offs to support sustainable peatland management

SUMMARY Indonesian tropical peatlands are rapidly degrading. Peatlands provide multiple services and therefore peatland conversion will affect society locally,...

Fire-climate-ecosystem interactions related to carbon accumulation rates of peatlands in Jambi, Sumatra (Indonesia) during the past 12,000 years

The largest tropical peatlands are found in Southeast Asia and their global importance as terrestrial carbon reservoirs is well...

First in SITU -measurements of tropical peatland fire emissions: new emission factors for greenhouse gas reporting and haze forecasting

INTRODUCTION Tropical peat swamp fires in Southeast Asia are a major source of greenhouse gases (GHGs), responsible for climate...

Is peatland utilization the main cause of land fire in Indonesia?

SUMMARY In recent years, land fire has been occurred across islands in Indonesia. Peatland utilization is frequently associated with...

Haze and peatlands: the top three challenges of tackling smouldering megafires

One again, peat fires raged in 2015 in Indonesia and their extent was staggering. They emitted in excess of...

Tropical Peatland Restoration based on ABCDEFs Securities

Lets remind what is “The Tropical Peatland Principle”. Tropical Peatland is typical case of wetland, then water is most...