Tropical peatlands store around one-sixth of the global peatland carbon pool (105
gigatonnes), equivalent to 30% of the carbon held in rainforest vegetation. Deforestation …

Peatlands are wetland ecosystems that accumulate dead organic matter (ie, peat) when
plant litter production outpaces peat decay, usually under conditions of frequent or …

Abstract In September–October 2015, El Niño and positive Indian Ocean Dipole conditions
set the stage for massive fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), leading to …

The 2015 fire season and related smoke pollution in Indonesia was more severe than the
major 2006 episode, making it the most severe season observed by the NASA Earth …

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 …

Deforestation and drainage has made Indonesian peatlands susceptible to burning. Large
fires occur regularly, destroying agricultural crops and forest, emitting large amounts of CO2 …

Smouldering peat fires, the largest fires on Earth in terms of fuel consumption, are reported
in six continents and are responsible for regional haze episodes. Haze is the large-scale …

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 …

Peat fires in Southeast Asia have become a major annual source of trace gases and
particles to the regional–global atmosphere. The assessment of their influence on …

Tropical forests and peatlands provide important ecological, climate and socio‐economic
benefits from the local to the global scale. However, these ecosystems and their associated …