Carbon emissions from South-East Asian peatlands will increase despite emission-reduction schemes

• Main Authors: Wijedasa, Lahiru S., Sloan, Sean, Page, Susan E., Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben *, Lupascu, Massimo, Evans, Theodore A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: QH301 Biology
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/921/1/Clements%20Carbon%20emissions%20from%20South%20East%20Asian.pdf; http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/921/; http://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14340

Carbon emissions from drained peatlands converted to agriculture in South‐East Asia (i.e., Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo) are globally significant and increasing. Here, we map the growth of South‐East Asian peatland agriculture and estimate CO2 emissions due to peat drainage in relation to...