The upcoming global mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries should include and prioritize tropical peatlands. Forested tropical peatlands in Southeast Asia are rapidly being converted into production systems by introducing perennial crop...
Murdiyarso, Daniel
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Hergoualc’h, Kristell
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Verchot, Louis V.
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[Opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in tropical peatlands]
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Opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in tropical peatlands
The increasing and alarming trend of degradation and deforestation of tropical peat swamp forests may contribute greatly to climate change. Estimates of carbon (C) losses associated with land use change in tropical peatlands are needed. To assess these losses we examined C stocks and peat C fluxe...
Hergoualc’h, Kristell
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Verchot, Louis V.
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[Stocks and fluxes of carbon associated with land use change in Southeast Asian tropical peatlands: a review]
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Stocks and fluxes of carbon associated with land use change in Southeast Asian tropical peatlands: a review
Tropical peatlands are known not only for their high, area-based, carbon emissions in response to land-use change but also as hot spots of debate about associated data uncertainties. Perspectives are still evolving on factors underlying the variability and uncertainty. Debate includes the ways of...
Noordwijk, Meine van
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Matthews R
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Agus, F.
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Farmer J
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Hergoualc’h, Kristell
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Persch S
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Tata HL
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Lusiana B
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Widayati A
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Dewi, S.
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[Mud, muddle and models in the knowledge value chain to action on tropical peatland issues]
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Mud, muddle and models in the knowledge value chain to action on tropical peatland issues
The REDD-ALERT (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation from Alternative Land Uses in the Rainforests of the Tropics) project started in 2009 and finished in 2012, and had the aim of evaluating mechanisms that translate international-level agreements into instruments that would help...
Matthews RB
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Lambin E
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Meyfroidt P
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Gupta J
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Hergoualc’h, Kristell
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Veldkamp, E.
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[Implementing REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation): evidence on governance, evaluation and impacts from the REDD-ALERT project]
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Implementing REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation): evidence on governance, evaluation and impacts from the REDD-ALERT project
Tropical peat swamp forests, which are predominantly located in Southeast Asia (SEA) and play a prominent role as a global carbon store, are being intensively degraded and converted to agricultural lands and tree plantations. For national inventories, updated estimates of peat emissions of greenh...
Hergoualc’h, Kristell
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Verchot, Louis V.
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[Greenhouse gas emission factors for land use and land-use change in Southeast Asian peatlands]
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Greenhouse gas emission factors for land use and land-use change in Southeast Asian peatlands
We test the applicability of two different methods for quantifying carbon (C) stocks in five tropical peat sites in Sumatra, Indonesia; two in an intact peat swamp forest, one in a logged forest and two in an oil palm plantation. Elemental analysis is used to quantify C contents and stocks in all...
Farmer J
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Matthews R
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Smith, Pete
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Langan C
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Hergoualc’h, Kristell
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Smith, J.U.
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[Comparison of methods for quantifying soil carbon in tropical peats]
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Comparison of methods for quantifying soil carbon in tropical peats