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

Hannah V. Cooper; Stephanie Evers; Paul Aplin; Neil Crout; Mohd Puat Bin Dahalan; Sofie Sjogersten

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14298-w

Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

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

Hannah V. Cooper,
Stephanie Evers,
Paul Aplin,
Neil Crout,
Mohd Puat Bin Dahalan,
Sofie Sjogersten

Affiliations

Hannah V. Cooper: School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham
Stephanie Evers: School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University
Paul Aplin: Department of Geography and Geology, Edge Hill University
Neil Crout: School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham
Mohd Puat Bin Dahalan: Selangor State Forestry Department, Jabatan Perhutanan Negeri Selangor
Sofie Sjogersten: School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14298-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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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.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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