Why peatlands matter in the battle
against climate change?
Daniel Murdiyarso

Slash – drain – burn

Fire emission factors
Huijnen et al 2016

Conserving FSF for CC mitigation
Murdiyarso et al. 2009
EcosystemCstorage(Mgha
-1
)
Soils below 30 cm depth
Soils 0-30 cm depth + roots
Aboveground live + dead
Boreal Temperate Tropical
upland
Tropical
peat swamp
Mangrove
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
Donato et al. 2011

Restoring degraded PSFs for CC adaptation

CO2 and non-CO2 emissions from various LUs
Hergoualc’h et al. 2018

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