Keywords: Tropical peatland
Net carbon footprint of plantation forestry on tropical peatland
To assess the climate impacts of plantation forestry on tropical peatland, gross carbon exchange from the pre-plantation forestry landscape...
Extent, significance and vulnerability of the tropical peatland carbon pool: past, present and future prospects
Data analysis indicates tropical peatlands have a current area of ~400,000 km2, mostly located in Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua...
Restoration of tropical peatland in Indonesia: why, where and how?
Tropical peatland, especially in South-east Asia has been developed since the 1970s. In the beginning, projects were mostly on...
Carbon budgets under different land uses on tropical peatland
Tropical peatland contains about 3% of the total global soil carbon and much of this is being released from...
Assessing the water balance of tropical peatlands by using the inverse groundwater modelling approach
The understanding and proper management of the groundwater system are key factors for sustainable land development and effective soil...
Characteristics of natural tropical peatland and their influence on C flux in Loagan Bunut National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia
Tropical peat swamp forest (PSF), being a unique dual ecosystem, i.e. tropical rainforest and tropical peatland, is highly influenced...
How can REDD support the management of vulnerable carbon pools in Indonesian peatlands?
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) is a new mechanism currently proposed by the international community under...
Industrial Plantations on Southeast Asian Peatlands: 2010 Situation With Analysis of Historical Expansion and Future Projections
Theme IX. Tropical peatlands SUMMARY In this paper we present the extent of industrial plantations in 2010, their historical...