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 …

Estimation of terrestrial carbon balance is one of the key tasks in the understanding and
prognosis of climate change impacts and the development of tools and policies according to …

Conversion of tropical peat swamp forest to drainage-based agriculture alters greenhouse
gas (GHG) production, but the magnitude of these changes remains highly uncertain …

Contrasting tillage strategies not only affect the stability and formation of soil aggregates but
also modify the concentration and thermostability of soil organic matter associated with soil …

For decades, tropical peatlands in Indonesia have been deforested and converted to other
land uses, mainly oil palm plantations which now cover one-fourth of the degraded peatland …

Current consumption of palm oil accounts for one third of the growing world demand for
vegetable oil. Amidst the burgeoning industry, huge ecological costs have been accrued …

Peatlands are a globally important carbon store, but peatland ecosystems from high
latitudes to the tropics are highly degraded due to increasingly intensive anthropogenic …

Tropical peatlands are a globally important carbon store. They host significant biodiversity
and provide a range of other important ecosystem services, including food and medicines for …

Tropical wetlands are important in the global carbon (C) cycle and climate system. To
elaborate government policies that protect wetland ecosystem services, spatially explicit …

Tropical peatland stores a large amount of carbon. In the last 20 years, drainage of Asian
peat soil has increased to satisfy the demand of land for plantation agricultures. Industrial oil …