Global and regional importance of the tropical peatland carbon pool
University of Leicester · University of Nottingham · +1 more institution
Abstract
Abstract Accurate inventory of tropical peatland is important in order to (a) determine the magnitude of the carbon pool; (b) estimate the scale of transfers of peat‐derived greenhouse gases to the atmosphere resulting from land use change; and (c) support carbon emissions reduction policies. We review available information on tropical peatland area and thickness and calculate peat volume and carbon content in order to determine their best estimates and ranges of variation. Our best estimate of tropical peatland area is 441 025 km 2 (∼11% of global peatland area) of which 247 778 km 2 (56%) is in Southeast Asia. We estimate the volume of tropical peat to be 1758 Gm 3 (∼18–25% of global peat volume) with 1359…
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3Topics & keywords
- Peat
- Environmental science
- Greenhouse gas
- Carbon fibers
- Soil carbon
- Biomass (ecology)
- Tropics
- Deforestation (computer science)