Peatland emissions from oil palm conversion highly understated: report

Mongabay
By Philip JacobsonDec 4, 2001, 7:00 pm39 pts
A drainage canal extends into a peatland forest in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province. Photo: Rhett A. Butler The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is drastically undercounting emissions from the draining of peatlands in Southeast Asia to make way for oil palm plantations, according to…

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