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Peatlands store 100 years of CO2 emissions But climate conference is ignoring emissions from peatland destruction mongabay.com May 8, 2007
"As much as 2000 million tonnes of carbon dioxide are released annually from just the logged and drained peatlands of South-east Asia; 8% of all global emissions," stated a release from Wetlands International. Large scale deep drainage takes place in order to establish palm oil and pulpwood plantations. Drainage of peatlands leads especially in the tropics to rapid decomposition of peat and to wild fires."
The group says that recent IPCC reports do not mention peatlands emissions at all and that their contribution to global emissions do not even appear in official CO2 emissions figures of countries. "Without rapid action on peatlands, all other reduction measures will be overshadowed," said Marcel Silvius of Wetlands International. Comments? News options
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