Keywords: tropical peatlands

Modeling peat accumulation over decades to centuries: examples from Sweden and Canada, and perspectives for tropical peatlands

Theme X. Peatland carbon budgets and greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes Abstract Anticipated rates of climate change and increased land-use...

Subsidence as an Accurate Measure of Carbon Loss in Drained Peatlands in SE Asia

Theme IX. Tropical peatlands SUMMARY Peatland surface subsidence has long been used as a measure of carbon loss throughout...

Peatland Management in Southeast Asia – Issues and Challenges

Theme IX. Tropical peatlands SUMMARY Tropical peatlands are one of the most critical ecosystems in Southeast Asia, covering about...

Subsidence in Drained Coastal Peatlands in SE Asia: Implications for Sustainability

Theme IX. Tropical peatlands SUMMARY Drainage of peatlands leads to subsidence. This often eventually leads to gravity drainage and...

Toward Standard for Deforestation on Tropical Peatland

Theme IX. Tropical peatlands INTRODUCTION Tropical peat is a significant local, regional and global carbon store. Climatic scenarios in...

STEM – Enhancing Academic Capacity and Awareness of the Challenges and Threats on Tropical Peatlands

Theme IX. Tropical peatlands SUMMARY STEM is a 1.5 year long academic capacity building project between the University of...

A Sustainable Woody Biomass Production System for Tropical Peatlands

Theme IX. Tropical peatlands SUMMARY To develop a sustainable woody biomass production system for use in tropical peatlands, we...

Quantifying and Understranding Tropical Peatland Spatial Distribution and Carbon Storage in Central Africa

Theme IX. Tropical peatlands ABSTRACT Despite the increasing interest in tropical peatlands, the wetlands of the Congo, some of...