Review of peat surface greenhouse gas emissions from oil palm plantations in Southeast Asia

Susan E. Page; Ross Morrison; C. Malins; Aljosja Hooijer; Jack O. Rieley; Jyrki Jauhiainen

Review of peat surface greenhouse gas emissions from oil palm plantations in Southeast Asia

Susan E. Page, Ross Morrison, C. Malins, Aljosja Hooijer, Jack O. Rieley, Jyrki Jauhiainen

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Palm oil expansion in Southeast Asia is strongly associated with conversion and
degradation of peatland. We find that past studies have generally significantly
underestimated emissions from palm oil grown on peatland. In particular, this will
have resulted in underestimation of the indirect land use change emissions from
many biofuels. We suggest that 86 CO2-eq ha -1 yr -1 (over 50 years) or 100 CO
2-eq ha -1 yr -1 (over 25 years) represent the best available estimates of typical emissions from peat decomposition in palm plantations.

Originalspråk	engelska

Förlag	International Council on Clean Transportation
Volym	15
Antal sidor	77
Status	Publicerad - okt. 2011
MoE-publikationstyp	D4 Publicerad utvecklings- eller forskningsrapport eller studie

Publikationsserier

Namn	White Papers
Förlag	International Council on Clean Transportation
Nr.	15

Vetenskapsgrenar

4112 Skogsvetenskap
4111 Jordbruksvetenskap
1172 Miljövetenskap

Åtkomst av dokument

http://www.theicct.org/pubs/ICCT_Peat-Emissions_Sept2011.pdf

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