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Converting Peat Swamp to Palm Oil Plantations Contributes to Climate Change

2014-04-15 07:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environmental Leader: Converting peat swamp forests in Southeast Asia into industrial oil palm and pulpwood plantations releases emissions, threatens biodiversity and ultimately accelerates climate change, according to a guest column by a Princeton professor and PhD candidate at the university. As trees are stripped from peat swamp to make room for oil palm plantations, the peat is drained and the decomposition releases a large amount of carbon emissions into the atmosphere, David Wilcove, professor of public affairs...

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