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Jakarta halts deforestation in Sumatra's Kampar Peninsula
AFP
The clearing and burning of Indonesia's peatlands account for four percent of total global greenhouse gas emissions, according to Greenpeace, ...
Greenpeace calls on Indonesian President Yudhoyono to end deforestation7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Indonesian government suspends license of logging company in controversial ...Mongabay.com
Indonesia Deporting 2 More Climate Activists, 2 ReportersSolveClimate
Media Newswire (press release)
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Washington Post
A climate threat, rising from the soil
Washington Post
In 2006, according to Wetlands International, a Dutch research and lobbying group, Indonesia's peatlands released roughly 1.9 billion metric tons of carbon ...

Cuts won't cost the earth
New Statesman
We need deep reductions in deforestation: burning forests and peatlands imposes high environmental costs for relatively small economic benefits, ...

Protecting Sumatra's peat lands vital for saving the environment
Jakarta Post
Peat lands play a major role in regulating global climate, acting as "carbon sinks", storing more carbon dioxide per unit area than any other ecosystem. ...

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CO 2 emissions from forest loss
Nature.com (subscription)
Following a budget reanalysis, the contribution from deforestation is revised downwards, but tropical peatlands emerge as a notable carbon dioxide source. ...

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CBC.ca
Boreal forests store carbon, need help: Canada study
Reuters Canada
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The world needs to do more to protect boreal forests and peatlands, which store more carbon than any other ecosystem ...
Group Urges Protection of Northern ForestsNew York Times
New report: boreal forests contain more carbon than tropical forest per hectareMongabay.com
Boreal forests ignored in climate change fightCBC.ca
Winnipeg Free Press -The Gazette (Montreal) -Canada NewsWire (press release)
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AFP
Greenpeace demands US action on deforestation
AFP
The clearing and burning of Indonesia's peatlands account for four percent of total global emissions, according to Greenpeace. The protest was staged in the ...
As our activists stop rainforest destruction, we want the UK government to ...Greenpeace UK
Paper giant pulls out of Indonesia rainforest destruction7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Riau Immigration To Deport Greenpeace ActivistsBernama
Mongabay.com
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AFP
Indonesian forests on frontline of climate debate
AFP
The clearing and burning of Indonesia's peatlands account for four percent of total global greenhouse gas emissions, according to Greenpeace. ...

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AFP
Asia peatland loss 'helps drive warming': scientists
AFP
Peatlands comprise compacted carbon from vegetation, deposited over thousands of years. The carbon is safely stored when the soil is covered with water, ...
EU is 2nd largest source of peat emissions after Indonesia, finds global peat ...Mongabay.com
Vital peatlands neglected in climate fight-studyReuters

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Reuters
Indonesia defends converting peatlands to palm estates
Reuters
By Niluksi Koswanage KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Indonesia will stick to a controversial plan to open peatlands for oil palm estates as it seeks to develop the ...
Non-Malaysian and Indonesian palm oil producers pledge not to develop ...Mongabay.com
RSPO Sees Brighter Future For Sustainable Palm OilBernama
Does SPO stand a chance in the market?Jakarta Post
WWF-UK -Christian Science Monitor -Business Times - Malaysia
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Illegal logging responsible for loss of 10 million hectares in Indonesia
Independent
According to a government report released last month, the destruction of forests and carbon-rich peatlands accounts for 80 per cent of the 2.3 billion tons ...

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Make bird feeders
Thorne Gazette
The event will take place at Hatfield Moors, which is part of Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve, and runs at 10am and 11.30am on October 27. ...

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Welsh Assembly debates Carbon Reduction from Land Use
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
The peatlands of Wales are of particular importance as carbon sinks and stores, but only where they are well managed. There is a real danger that if we do ...

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Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung)
Palm Oil Biodiesel, Now With 2000% the Emissions of Fossil Fuels
Treehugger
Can we just all put palm oil biodiesel produced on deforested peatlands to rest already: A new report from ...
Reports damn emission reduction potential of biofuelsEnergy Efficiency News

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Firm leadership will ensure the success of environmental targets
Jakarta Post
People might not realize that Indonesia's peatlands store nearly as much carbon as the Amazon forest. When peatland forests are logged and then drained for ...

A quintessentially Irish exhibition
Irish Times
The work is a visual exploration, made over a period of four years, of “the most intensively industrialised landscape in the country”, the peatlands of the ...

Action can make a difference
Jakarta Post
To make matters even worse, in February 2009 the Agriculture Minister issued a decree that gave licenses for the conversion of peat lands with a depth of up ...

Voice of America
UN cautions over biofuels green credentials
AFP
But some biofuels -- produced for example from oil palms grown in deforested tropical peatlands -- can be responsible for a rise in greenhouse gas emissions ...
UNEP sustainability panel highlights dirty biofuelsENDS Europe (subscription)
U.N. calls for more sophisticated biofuels debateReuters
Biofuel Development Requires Sophisticated Approach: UNRedOrbit

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Cumberland News
Cumbrian peat bog restoration gets £500000 boost
Cumberland News
Chris Woodley-Stewart, director of the AONB Partnership, said: “We are committed to restoring and conserving peatlands in the North Pennines AONB. ...
£500000 cash injection for North wetlandsJournal Live
WHY THE WORK IS IMPORTANTJournal Live

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Oilsands emissions underestimated, report claims
CBC.ca
The report by Global Forest Watch, to be released today, says official estimates don't account for carbon released as forest cover is cut and peatlands ...

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