Sentences with phrase «hectare peat swamp»
To illustrate the economic potential of carbon credits versus oil - palm, we compared the net present value (NPV) of a standard 1,000 - hectare sawit kelapa plantation to a 1,000 - hectare peat swamp preserved for its carbon value.
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In Indonesia, for example, where oil palm covers approximately 10.5 million hectares of land, companies have vowed to halt deforestation and the draining of peat swamps, thereby certifying their products as not having contributed to the destruction of forests or increased greenhouse gas emissions.
Fauna and Flora International (FFI) said that Sinar Mas and First Borneo Group are involved in the West Kalimantan project, which is based in a 90,000 - hectare tract of carbon - dense peat swamp forest in Kupuas Hulu.