Greenhouse gas emissions resulting from conversion of peat swamp forest to oil palm plantation

The magnitude of greenhouse gas emissions from land use change on tropical peatlands is unclear. Here, the authors measure greenhouse gas fluxes throughout the conversion from peat swamp forest to oil palm plantation, and estimate the contribution to regional and global emissions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hannah V. Cooper, Stephanie Evers, Paul Aplin, Neil Crout, Mohd Puat Bin Dahalan, Sofie Sjogersten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14298-w