Profesor Daniel Murdiyarso, pakar iklim kehutanan dari IPB University mendapat gelar Doctor Honoris Causa dari The University of Helsinki. Penganugerahan gelar tersebut dilakukan secara langsung pada tanggal 17 Juni 2022.
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Mangrove dan Lamun sebagai Benteng Alam untuk Melawan Krisis Iklim
Setiap kehidupan secara alami menghasilkan karbon. Namun, peradaban manusia telah meninggalkan jejak karbon terbanyak di Bumi, yang memicu krisis iklim. Dampaknya beragam, dari meningkatnya muka air laut sampai mengancam pangan dan kesehatan kita. Apa yang harus kita upayakan?
Torre de Gases de Efecto Invernadero
Un grupo de investigadores del IIAP realiza estudios en los ciclos y movimientos del aire haciendo uso de una torre de captación de gases de efecto invernadero y otros sensores en el aguajal de Quistococha.
Q+A: Sustainable wetland actions put climate front and center in vast Congo Basin
Some years ago, a massive tract of peatlands in the Congo Basin was revealed by scientists to be much more expansive than previously thought.
In Tanzania, locals and officials band together to save mangroves
International Day of the Tropics, which falls on 29 June, aims to raise awareness about the unique challenges tropical nations face from climate change, deforestation and urbanisation.
Press release: Bappenas drafts roadmap for wetland management
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) is drafting a roadmap for the management of wetlands for mangrove and peatland forests to support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Peru’s peatlands are beginning to share their secrets-and policymakers are listening
Peru’s peatlands, which harbor the world’s fourth-highest volume of tropical peat, are shrouded in mystery. They are hard to access, tough to map and historically understudied, making it difficult – but not impossible – to regulate and preserve the peatlands.
Enhancing Mangrove Ecosystem Restoration in the Western Indian Ocean Region
Tanzania’s Rufiji River Delta hosts the largest mangrove forest in Eastern Africa, a critical coastal ecosystem that provides habitat for migratory birds and diverse marine life, stabilizes the shoreline, and traps sediment and nutrients washing downstream in the Rufiji River.
Forgotten mangrove forests
In Gabriel García Márquez’s landmark 1967 novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, a character who loses touch with reality is described as disappearing into “the mangrove-swamp of delirium.” The metaphor was likely an obvious one for Márquez, who grew up amongst mangroves in the remote Colombian town of Aracataca and knew well the feeling of being ensconced in those forests’ braided, muddy tangles.
Coastal blue carbon from planted mangroves holds promise
Forests News – In focus
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