Indonesia Peatland Emissions Highly Understated
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is drastically undercounting carbon emissions from the draining of peatlands in Southeast Asia to make way for oil palm plantations, according to a new report. Peatlands are crucial in sequestering carbon and slowing climate change.
Researchers from the University of Minnesota's Institute on th…
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