Tropical Peatland Ecosystems
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Tropical Peatland Ecosystems
Tropical Peatland Ecosystems
Mitsuru Osaki • Nobuyuki Tsuji Editors
Tropical Peatland Ecosystems
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Editors Mitsuru Osaki Research Faculty of Agriculture Hokkaido University Sapporo, Japan
ISBN 978-4-431-55680-0 DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-55681-7
Nobuyuki Tsuji Center for Sustainability Science Hokkaido University Sapporo, Japan
ISBN 978-4-431-55681-7 (eBook)
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Dedicated to the memory of Dr. Sehat Jaya, Dr. Herwint Simbolon, and Dr. Muhammad Evri
Preface
The tropical peatland (including swamp and forests) found in the Indonesian and Malaysian archipelagos, the Amazon lowlands, and the Central African lowlands comprises some 42 Mha and is estimated to store approximately 148 Gt of carbon. Because of their inferior nature, these environments remained undeveloped, and relatively virgin forests still remain. Much of the recent increased interest in peatlands globally has resulted from their importance as carbon sinks and stores and their role in carbon cycling between the earth’s surface and the atmosphere. There is considerable debate about whether or not peatlands are globally net absorbers or emitters of carbon and under what conditions they may sequester or release this environmentally important element. High-carbon reservoir ecosystems such as (1) peatlands/wetlands ecosystems, (2) coastal ecosystems (mangrove/coral/sea grass), and (3) permafrost ecosystems have been highlighted by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Tropical peatland is one of key ecosystems among the high-carbon reservoir ecosystems because of huge carbon and water storage and its effect on coastal
