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Greenhouse gas emission factors for land use and land-use change in Southeast Asian peatlands

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Title Greenhouse gas emission factors for land use and land-use change in Southeast Asian peatlands
 
Creator Hergoualc'h, Kristell
Verchot, Louis V.
 
Subject climate
agriculture
peatlands
land use
greenhouse gases
carbon dioxide
methane
nitrous oxide
ecology
 
Description Tropical peat swamp forests, which are predominantly located in Southeast Asia (SEA) and play a prominent role as a global carbon store, are being intensively degraded and converted to agricultural lands and tree plantations. For national inventories, updated estimates of peat emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) from land use (LU) and land-use change in the tropics are required. In this context, we reviewed the scientific literature and calculated emission factors of peat net emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) in seven representative LU categories for SEA i.e. intact peat swamp forest, degraded forest (logged, drained and affected by fire), mixed croplands and shrublands, rice fields, oil palm, Acacia crassicarpa and sago palm plantations. Peat net CO2 uptake from or emissions to the atmosphere were assessed using a mass balance approach. The balance included main peat C inputs through litterfall and root mortality and outputs via organic matter mineralization and dissolved organic carbon.
 
Date 2014-08
2014-12-16T06:37:32Z
2014-12-16T06:37:32Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Hergoualc’h K, Verchot LV. 2013. Greenhouse gas emission factors for land use and land-use change in Southeast Asian peatlands. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 19(6):789-807
1573-1596
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/52091
FP3_OilPalm
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-013-9511-x
 
Language en
 
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Publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
 
Source Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change