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Nature: Counting the carbon cost of peatland conversion
A study has quantified emissions from clearing peat-swamp forest in Southeast Asia for palm-oil plantations.
Large amounts of carbon stored in both biomass and soils are released when peat-swamp forests are cleared.ROMEO GACAD/AFP/Getty Images
Up to 6% of carbon-rich peat-swamp forests had been cleared in Peninsular Malaysia and on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra to make way for oil-palm plantations by the early 2000s, according to a study......
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Counting the carbon cost of peatland conversion
Posted by Nature: Gayathri Vaidyanathan on March 8th, 2011
Posted in Water Conservation