Sentences with phrase «rich peat forests»

The restoration project is mandated by the Indonesian government under various policies, issued in the wake of the 2015 fires, to protect the carbon - rich peat forests.

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The researchers also found that certification did not affect fire occurrence in these plantations or the amount of carbon - rich peat swamp forests cleared and drained for oil palm.

In contrast, RED would be more effective in terms of its conservation impact if payments were extended to all remaining carbon - rich tropical forests, including lowland peat swamp forests, the preferred habitat for dense populations of orangutans, and if the construction of new roads was halted.

Greenpeace, which warns of an imminent «climate bomb» due to the destruction of rich forests and peat bogs that currently serve as a massive carbon sink, reports groups such as the World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, and Flora and Fauna International have joined them in calling for an end to the conversion of forests to croplands for the production of biofuels

The state's boreal forests, peat - rich tundra, and permafrost hold about 53 percent of U.S. carbon.

«Forest degradation» activities, such as selective logging, and drainage of carbon - rich peat swamps are also significant emissions sources.

Although they make up only 1 % of all tropical forest areas, the thickness of this carbon - rich layer means mangroves hold as much as a quarter of the carbon of tropical peat lands.