SOC Stock Changes and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Following Tropical Land Use Conversions to Plantation Crops on Mineral Soils, with a Special Focus on Oil Palm and Rubber Plantations

SOC Stock Changes and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Following Tropical Land Use Conversions to Plantation Crops on Mineral Soils, with a Special Focus on Oil Palm and Rubber Plantations

The increasing global demand for vegetable oils has resulted in a significant increase in the area under oil palm in the tropics during the last couple of decades, and this is projected to increase further. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil discourages the conversion of peatlands to oil palm an...

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Main Authors: Sanjutha Shanmugam, Ram C. Dalal, Hans Joosten, R. J. Raison, Goh Kah Joo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:Agriculture
Subjects:
land use change
soil organic carbon stock
GHG emissions
agroecosystems
oil palm plantation
rubber plantation
tropical forest conversion
mineral soil
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/8/9/133

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