Tropical peatlands store around one-sixth of the global peatland carbon pool (105
gigatonnes), equivalent to 30% of the carbon held in rainforest vegetation. Deforestation …

Tropical peatlands are fragile ecosystems with an important role in conserving biodiversity,
water quality and availability, preventing floods, soil intrusion, erosion and sedimentation …

Chapter 2, building on prior assessments1, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Chapter 2, building on prior assessments, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Deforestation and drainage has made Indonesian peatlands susceptible to burning. Large
fires occur regularly, destroying agricultural crops and forest, emitting large amounts of CO2 …

Tropical forests and peatlands provide important ecological, climate and socio‐economic
benefits from the local to the global scale. However, these ecosystems and their associated …

About half of the world's tropical peatlands occur in Southeast (SE) Asia, where they serve
as a major carbon (C) sink. Nearly 80% of natural peatlands in this region have been …

Peatlands cover approximately 4.2 million km 2 of terrestrial land surface and store up to
700 Pg of terrestrial carbon. Preserving the carbon stocks in peatland is therefore crucial for …

Sustainable peatland management practices such as paludiculture are crucial for restoring
degraded peatland ecosystems. Paludiculture involves wet cultivation practices in peatland …

Indonesia has the second-largest biodiversity of any country in the world. Deforestation and
forest degradation have caused a range of environmental issues, including habitat …