When a forest is cut down, the loss of above-ground carbon is obvious. However, less obvious is that 90 percent of a peat swamp forest’s carbon is stored below ground. The amount of carbon ...

Could peat swamp be worth more intact for their carbon ... However, when peatlands are drained, cut, or burned this stored carbon is released into the atmosphere, contributing to climate warming.

That’s because the swamp, with all its peat and trembling earth, is a massive carbon sink. In some places, the peat is 15 feet thick. Recent studies show that in addition to being home to ...

The Raja Musa Forest Reserve in Kuala Selangor has rebounded from last year’s peat fires and now serves as an example of peat swamp conservation. It has become a shining example of how private ...

Planting trees can restore degraded peatlands that are under threat. In KLNFR, a fragile peat swamp forest in need of restoration, efforts have been underway since 2015 to restore it through ...

In KLNFR, a fragile peat swamp forest in need of restoration, efforts have been underway since 2015 to restore it through rewetting (hydrology management), revegetation (planting trees) and ...

The fire has been burning in a swamp on private ... wetland soil is known as peat. In Ireland, Finland and other countries with large peat bogs, the substance is cut into bricks, dried and then ...

Penang government has identified a total of 449.12ha of peat swamp forests in the island’s southwest district to be gazetted as permanent nature reserves under the National Forestry Act 1984.

Conservationists on WA's south coast have concerns over the burning of ancient peat swamp The state burn took place over four days in October The federal environment minister is seeking advice ...

Betta iaspis was found in only one small forest peat swamp next to a “huge” oil palm plantation, researchers said. Photo by Siborey Sean via Unsplash In 2022, after passing through the hands ...