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Papers - CO2 May 2003
Inubushi et al. Seasonal carbon dioxide flux and land-use in tropical peatlands Huttunen et al. Carbon dioxide flux in boreal lakes and potential human impact Williams et ...
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Papers - Methane May 2003
Inubushi et al. Seasonal methane flux and land-use in tropical peatlands Huttunen et al. Methane flux in boreal lakes and potential human impact Kruger and Frentzel ... of man-made methane emissions in Finland Kiese et al. Methane emissions and season in tropical rainforest soils, Australia Zeng et al. Methane as a tracer in Japan Juutinen et al ...
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Orangutan Foundation International
Tropical peatlands have exceptionally rich carbon stores. All peatlands store carbon, but in the cold, wet peat bogs of Europe and northern Asia, peatlands store far less carbon per hectare than in the tropical peat forests of Southeast Asia. Tropical peats are thicker, some 10 to 20 meters deep, and the rate of carbon accumulation is much faster. Tropical peatlands and peat ...
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R, Niu G, Yang Z, Canadell JG (2007) Future precipitation changes and their implications for tropical peatlands (pdf, 329Kb). Geophysical Research Letters 34, L01403, doi:10.1029/2006GL028364 Romero P, Lopez H ...
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Regional Contributions
INCO research projects, CARBOPEAT promotes enhanced understanding and awareness of carbon-climate-human interactions in tropical peatlands, focusing on vulnerabilities of and risks to their carbon pools and mitigation to reduce greenhouse ...
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The Regional Impacts of Climate Change
More than 10% (43 million ha) of global peatlands are located in the humid tropical zone of Asia; by far the largest area of peatlands is in Indonesia, especially the Kalimantan region, followed by Malaysia and Papua New Guinea (Rieley et al., 1995). Tropical peatlands require ...
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Peatlands Around the World
Peatlands may well contain 3-3.5 times the amount of carbon stored in tropical rain forests. Peatlands are an ancient habitat which contain many rare and threatened species and an unparalleled record of our past. Exploitation of peatlands is widespread. Impacts ...
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Campaign factsheet - Bogwatch - How you can help bogs
Ireland is among the last of the European countries where a range of peatlands still exist, and the importance of conserving those of European Conservation Importance cannot be ... as much carbon as all of the worlds tropical rainforests put together. The IPCC is the country's leading charity dedicated to conserving peatlands and raising public awareness of their unique heritage ...
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Friends of the Earth: Campaigners
Lowland raised bog SSSIs threatened by commercial peat extraction April 1998 With our peatlands still being mined to boost the profits of peat firms and garden centres, less than ... of this briefing is to describe some of the underlying technical issues concerning 'sustainability' in tropical forests and thus to assess the validity of claims currently being made by companies involved ...
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Peatlands of the World - Asia
Peatlands in: China Indonesia Japan Turkey Siberia Index Home Join IPCC ASIA In Asia peatlands cover a total area of 24,446,500 ha. The largest peatlands areas are found in Indonesia, China, and Malaysia. Indonesia has the largest peatland area in the tropical ...
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