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Indonesia: What is peat swamp, and why should I care?

2014-07-21 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Long considered an unproductive hindrance to growth and development, peat swamp forests in Southeast Asia have been systematically cleared, drained and burned away to make room plantations and construction. Now, as alternating cycles of fires and flood create larger development problems, while greenhouse gas emissions skyrocket, it is time to take a closer look at peat, and understand why clearing it is at best a very bad idea. What is a tropical peat swamp forest? Peat swamp forests form in...

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