Immediate environmental impacts of transformation of an oil palm intercropping to a monocropping system in a tropical peatland

The expansion of oil palm plantations is one of the greatest threats to carbon-rich tropical peatlands in Southeast Asia. More than half of the oil palm plantations on tropical peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia are smallholder-based, which typically follow varied cropping systems, such as intercroppi...

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Main Authors: Selva Dhandapani, Nicholas T. Girkin, Stephanie Evers, Karl Ritz, Sofie Sjögersten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Mire Conservation Group and International Peatland Society 2022-04-01
Series:Mires and Peat
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Online Access:http://mires-and-peat.net/media/map28/map28_07.pdf