Research agendas for the sustainable management of tropical peatland in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Padfield, Rory, Waldron, Susan, Drew, Simon, Alex, Sayok, Papargyropoulou, Effie, Shashi, Kumar, Page, Susan, Gilvear, Dave, Armstrong, Alona, Evers, Stephanie
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: Foundation for Environmental Conservation 2015
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences; Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9680/1/NO%20106%20Research%20agendas%20for%20the%20sustainable%20management%20of%20tropical%20peatland%20in%20Malaysia%20-%20abstrak.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9680/; http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9546052&fileId=S0376892914000034

There is a need for coordinated research for the sustainable management of tropical peatland. Malaysia has 6% of global tropical peat by area and peatlands there are subject to land use change at an unprecedented rate. This paper describes a stakeholder engagement exercise that identified 95pri...