The two most urgent and interlinked environmental challenges humanity faces are climate
change and biodiversity loss. We are entering a pivotal decade for both the international …

The '4 per mille Soils for Food Security and Climate'was launched at the COP21 with an
aspiration to increase global soil organic matter stocks by 4 per 1000 (or 0.4%) per year as a …

Abstract Insular Southeast Asian peatlands have experienced rapid land cover changes
over the past decades inducing a variety of environmental effects ranging from regional …

Peatlands are a significant component of the global carbon (C) cycle, yet despite their role
as a long-term C sink throughout the Holocene, they are increasingly vulnerable to …

The world's largest area of tropical peatland ecosystems is found in South-East Asia. These
peatlands have globally significant carbon stocks and play an important role in regional and …

Peatlands are carbon‐rich ecosystems that cover 185–423 million hectares (Mha) of the
earth's surface. The majority of the world's peatlands are in temperate and boreal zones …

Conversion of tropical peatlands to agriculture leads to a release of carbon from previously
stable, long-term storage, resulting in land subsidence that can be a surrogate measure of …

Drained organic soils are a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the
atmosphere. Rewetting these soils may reduce GHG emissions and could also create …

Tropical peatlands of the western part of insular Southeast Asia have experienced extensive
land cover changes since 1990. Typically involving drainage, these land cover changes …

Many peatlands in Europe and North America have been developed for agriculture for over
a century, whilst in Southeast Asia development has largely occurred since 1990. Cultivation …