Sentences with phrase «peat swamp on»

After a long - standing campaign by environmentalists and local communities, the Indonesian government investigated an oil palm concession under development by PT Kallista Alam in Tripa peat swamp on the island of Sumatra.

Not exact matches

In the study, published on October 14 in PLOS ONE, Rutgers researchers found that the density of Bornean orangutans is almost two times greater in an Indonesian peat - swamp forest — just 39 miles from similar surroundings where orangutans must survive on thousands of calories less each day for most of the year.

North Carolina's Albemarle - Pamlico peninsula is a patchwork of peat soils called pocosins (Algonquin for «swamp on a hill»), thick deposits of decomposed plant matter that store high amounts of carbon.

10 % of global CO2 emissions result from swamp destruction December 10, 2007 More than 10 percent of annual carbon dioxide emissions result from the degradation and destruction of peat swamps, reports the first comprehensive global assessment on the links between peatland degradation and climate change.

Last month, Indonesia began to finally detail its plan, which includes a two - year moratorium on new forestry concession on rainforest lands and peat swamps and will be supported over the next five years by a one billion dollar contribution by Norway, under the Scandinavian nation's International Climate and Forests Initiative.

Producing palm oil on rainforest lands or peat swamp has a staggering environmental impact.