Risks to carbon storage from land-use change revealed by peat thickness maps of Peru

A Hastie, EN Honorio Coronado, J Reyna… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Tropical peatlands are among the most carbon-dense ecosystems but land-use change has
led to the loss of large peatland areas, associated with substantial greenhouse gas …

Net greenhouse gas balance of fibre wood plantation on peat in Indonesia

CS Deshmukh, AP Susanto, N Nardi, N Nurholis… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Tropical peatlands cycle and store large amounts of carbon in their soil and biomass,,,–.
Climate and land-use change alters greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes of tropical peatlands, but …

Refining greenhouse gas emission factors for Indonesian peatlands and mangroves to meet ambitious climate targets

D Murdiyarso, E Swails… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
For countries' emission-reduction efforts under the Paris Agreement to be effective, baseline
emission/removals levels and reporting must be as transparent and accurate as possible …

Major carbon losses from degradation of Mauritia flexuosa peat swamp forests in western Amazonia

K Hergoualc'h, J van Lent, N Dezzeo, LV Verchot… - Biogeochemistry, 2024 - Springer
Tropical peat swamp forests are major global carbon (C) stores highly vulnerable to human
intervention. In Peruvian Amazonia, palm swamps, the prevalent peat ecosystem, have been …

[HTML][HTML] Soil CO2 and CH4 fluxes from different forest types in tropical peat swamp forest

NA Busman, L Melling, KJ Goh, Y Imran… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Information on temporal and spatial variations in soil greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes
from tropical peat forests is essential to predict the influence of climate change and estimate …

Degradation increases peat greenhouse gas emissions in undrained tropical peat swamp forests

E Swails, S Frolking, J Deng, K Hergoualc'h - Biogeochemistry, 2024 - Springer
Tropical peat swamp degradation can modify net peat greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
even without drainage. However, current Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change …

Rewetting tropical peatlands reduced net greenhouse gas emissions in Riau Province, Indonesia

I Lestari, D Murdiyarso, M Taufik - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Draining deforested tropical peat swamp forests (PSFs) converts greenhouse gas (GHG)
sinks to sources and increases the likelihood of fire hazards. Rewetting deforested and …

Soil nitrous oxide and methane fluxes from a land-use change transition of primary forest to oil palm in an Indonesian peatland

E Swails, J Drewer, J Hartill, LP Comeau, LV Verchot… - Biogeochemistry, 2024 - Springer
Despite the documented increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Southeast
Asian peat swamp forest degradation and conversion to oil palm over recent decades …

CH4 and N2O emissions from smallholder agricultural systems on tropical peatlands in Southeast Asia

AJ Jovani‐Sancho, P O'Reilly, G Anshari… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There are limited data for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from smallholder agricultural
systems in tropical peatlands, with data for non‐CO2 emissions from human‐influenced …

[HTML][HTML] How can process-based modeling improve peat CO2 and N2O emission factors for oil palm plantations?

E Swails, K Hergoualc'h, J Deng, S Frolking… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Oil palm plantations on peat and associated drainage generate sizeable GHG emissions.
Current IPCC default emission factors (EF) for oil palm on organic soil are based on a very …