Research agendas for the sustainable management of tropical peatland in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Padfield, Rory, Waldron, Susan, Drew, Simon, Papargyropoulou, Effie, Kumaran, Shashi, Page, Susan Elizabeth, Gilvear, David J., Armstrong, Alona S. B., Evers, Stephanie, Williams, Paul Simon, Zakaria, Zuriati, Chin, Singyun, Balle Hansen, Sune, Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa, Latif, Mohd. Talib, Sayok, Alex K., Tham, Munhou
• Format: Article
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2015
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54074/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/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 95 priorit...