24Dash: Fascinating peatland ecosystems play a key role in the global cycle -- however urgent action is required to protect them from human impact.
Professor Susan Page, from the Department of Geography will give her Inaugural public lecture, For Peat`s Sake: Understanding the Vulnerability of the Tropical Peat Carbon Pool at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 14 May.
The lecture will explore Southeast Asia, where the largest area of tropical peatland is located, and the particular role that tropical...