Keywords: peatlands
International Conventions, Agencies, Agreements and Programmes 2014
Foreword Introduction International Conventions, Agencies, Agreements and Programmes United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention on Biological...
Global peatland database at Greifswald Mire Centre – Integration, evaluation and generation of geospatial data
SUMMARY The importance of the huge amounts of greenhouse gases emitted by drained peatlands has recently been recognised by...
Long-term disturbance dynamics and resilience of tropical peat swamp forests
SUMMARY The coastal peat swamp forests of Southeast Asia are rapidly undergoing logging and conversion into oil palm...
Responses of peat carbon at different depths to simulated warming and oxidization
SUMMARY Warming and water table drawdown greatly reshapes carbon cycle in peatlands, especially when the old carbon stored under...
Mangrove peat of Botum Sakor in Cambodia
SUMMARY Peatland areas in Cambodia is relatively unknown until recently, therefore, it came as pleasant surprise that the first...
Protection and restoration of peat areas for orangutans
Large areas of peat swamps in Southeast Asia have been converted through agro-industrial development to palm or pulp plantations...
The use of long-term and interdisciplinary data to plan the sustainable use of peatlands
The sharing and utilization of long-term monitoring data and scientific information in land use planning is still at its...
Development of Finnish peatland area and carbon storage 1950 – 2015: review and update
Over 2/3 of the carbon (C) reservoir of ecosystems in Finland is in peat. In 1950, almost 90% of...