Keywords: fire
Peatlands International 1.2023
Peatlands International 1.2023 was published and sent to all IPS members by email on 19 April 2023. Topics of...
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...
Quantifying above and belowground carbon loss following wildfire in peatlands using repeated lidar measurements
SUMMARY Natural disturbances like fires are often unavoidable and their negative effects in peatlands can be amplified by concomitant...
Strategy to control forest and peatland fires after central Kalimantan fire in 2015
SUMMARY Forest and tropical peatlands fires provide a wide impact on various aspects of life including health, economy and...
Shade cloth trials in South-eastern Australia as a method of restoring peatlands damaged by fire
In January 2003 wild fires burnt approximately 2.1 million hectares in the mountains of southeastern Australia with a high...
Peat fire economy and actor network in Sumatra: an analytical approach
SUMMARY Peat fires have become a local, national and global concern. The health issues and economic disruption caused by...
Sources of anthropogenic fire ignitions on the peat-swamp landscape in Kalimantan, Indonesia
SUMMARY Fire disturbance in Southeast Asian tropical peat swamps have become more frequent and extensive in recent decades. These...
Flaming peat: Synergistic effects of fire and forest clearance on tropical peat swamp forests
SUMMARY Recent burning in the tropical peat swamp forests of Southeast Asia, linked with anthropogenic land-use change, has resulted...
Greenhouse gas emissions factors for drained and rewetted boreal, temperate and tropical peatlands
SUMMARY Organic soils store an estimated 610 Gt of carbon (C) worldwide, an amount equivalent to >70% of the...