Land cover distribution in the peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in 2015 with changes since 1990

• Published in: Global ecology and conservation Vol. 6; no. C; pp. 67 - 78
• Main Authors: Miettinen, Jukka, Shi, Chenghua, Liew, Soo Chin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 01.04.2016
• Subjects: biodiversity; Borneo; carbon; Deforestation; Elaeis guineensis; emissions; forests; hydrology; Indonesia; Industrial plantation; issues and policy; Kalimantan; land cover; Landsat; Malaysia; Oil palm; peat; Peat swamp forest; peatlands; plantations; Pulp wood; pulpwood; swamps; Borneo; Malaysia; Indonesia

Insular Southeast Asian peatlands have experienced rapid land cover changes over the past decades inducing a variety of environmental effects ranging from regional consequences on peatland ecology, biodiversity and hydrology to globally significant carbon emissions. In this paper we present the land...