Author: Herbert Edgar WrightPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9781452903057
Category : Human ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
The Patterned Peatlands of Minnesota
Author: Herbert Edgar WrightPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9781452903057
Category : Human ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Global Peatland Restoration
Author: Hans JoostenPublisher:
ISBN: 9780957057234
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Tropical Peatland Ecosystems
Author: Mitsuru OsakiPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 4431556818
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 633
Book Description
This book is an excellent resource for scientists, political decision makers, and students interested in the impact of peatlands on climate change and ecosystem function, containing a plethora of recent research results such as monitoring-sensing-modeling for carbon–water flux/storage, biodiversity and peatland management in tropical regions. It is estimated that more than 23 million hectares (62 %) of the total global tropical peatland area are located in Southeast Asia, in lowland or coastal areas of East Sumatra, Kalimantan, West Papua, Papua New Guinea, Brunei, Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak and Southeast Thailand. Tropical peatland has a vital carbon–water storage function and is host to a huge diversity of plant and animal species. Peatland ecosystems are extremely vulnerable to climate change and the impacts of human activities such as logging, drainage and conversion to agricultural land. In Southeast Asia, severe episodic droughts associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, in combination with over-drainage, forest degradation, and land-use changes, have caused widespread peatland fires and microbial peat oxidation. Indonesia's 20 Mha peatland area is estimated to include about 45–55 GtC of carbon stocks. As a result of land use and development, Indonesia is the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases (2–3 Gtons carbon dioxide equivalent per year), 80 % of which is due to deforestation and peatland loss. Thus, tropical peatlands are key ecosystems in terms of the carbon–water cycle and climate change.
Towards Climate-responsible Peatlands Management
Author: Riccardo BiancalaniPublisher: Mitigation of Climate Change i
ISBN: 9789251085462
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The aim of this guidebook is to support the reduction of GHG emissions from managed peatlands and present guidance for responsible management practices that can maintain peatlands ecosystem services while sustaining and improving local livelihoods. This guidebook also provides an overview of the present knowledge on peatlands, including their geographic distribution, ecological characteristics and socio-economic importance.
Solar Energy Update
Author: Peatland Restoration and Ecosystem Services
Author: Aletta BonnPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107025184
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
An interdisciplinary book tackling the challenges of managing peatlands and their ecosystem services in the face of climate change.
Swamplands
Author: Edward StruzikPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1642830801
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
In a world filled with breathtaking beauty, we have often overlooked the elusive magic of certain landscapes. A cloudy river flows into an Arctic wetland where sandhill cranes and muskoxen dwell. Further south, cypress branches hang low over dismal swamps. Places like these-collectively known as swamplands or peatlands-often go unnoticed for their ecological splendor. They are as globally significant as rainforests, yet, because of their reputation as wastelands, they are being systematically drained and degraded. Swamplands celebrates these wild places, as journalist Edward Struzik highlights the unappreciated struggle to save peatlands by scientists, conservationists, and landowners around the world. An ode to peaty landscapes in all their offbeat glory, the book is also a demand for awareness of the myriad threats they face. It inspires us to see the beauty and importance in these least likely of places. Our planet's survival might depend on it.
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