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New Tropical Peatland Gas and Particulate Emissions Factors Indicate 2015 Indonesian Fires Released Far More Particulate Matter (but Less Methane) than Current Inventories Imply

New Tropical Peatland Gas and Particulate Emissions Factors Indicate 2015 Indonesian Fires Released Far More Particulate Matter (but Less Methane) than Current Inventories Imply

Publication Year: 2018

Deforestation and draining of the peatlands in equatorial SE Asia has greatly increased their flammability, and in September–October 2015 a...

Authors: Wooster, M.J.; Gaveau, D.L.A.; Salim, M.A.; Zhang, T.; Xu, W.; Green, D.C.; Huijnen, V.; Murdiyarso, D.; Gunawan, D.; Borchard, N.; Schirrmann, M.; Main, B.; Sepriando, A.

Is Indonesian peatland loss a cautionary tale for Peru? A two-country comparison of the magnitude and causes of tropical peatland degradation

Is Indonesian peatland loss a cautionary tale for Peru? A two-country comparison of the magnitude and causes of tropical peatland degradation

Publication Year: 2018

Indonesia and Peru harbor some of the largest lowland tropical peatland areas. Indonesian peatlands are subject to much greater anthropogenic...

Authors: Lilleskov, E.A.; McCullough, K.; Hergoualc';h, K.; del Castillo Torres, D.; Chimmer, R.; Murdiyarso, D.; Kolka, R.; Bourgeau-Chavez, L.; Hribljan, J.; del Aguila Pasquel, J.; Wayson, C.

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