Peatland protection and restoration are key for climate change mitigation

Peatland protection and restoration are key for climate change mitigation

Peatlands cover only about 3% the global land area, but store about twice as much carbon as global forest biomass. If intact peatlands are drained for agriculture or other human uses, peat oxidation can result in considerable CO _2 emissions and other greenhouse gases (GHG) for decades or even centu...

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Main Authors: Florian Humpenöder, Kristine Karstens, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Jens Leifeld, Lorenzo Menichetti, Alexandra Barthelmes, Alexander Popp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2020-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
climate change mitigation
peatland protection
peatland restoration
land-based mitigation
mitigation pathway
large-scale bioenergy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abae2a

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abae2a

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