Peatlands [electronic resource] : guidance for climate change mitigation through conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use / Hans Joosten, Marja-Liisa Tapio-Biström & Susanna Tol (eds.)

"Peatland drainage - mainly for agriculture, grazing and forestry - and peat fires are responsible for almost one quarter of carbon emissions from the land use sector. Peatlands and organic soils contain 30 percent of the world's soil carbon but only cover 3 percent of the Earth's lan...

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Online Access:	Online Access
Corporate Authors:	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture Programme, Wetlands International
Other Authors:	Tapio-Biström, Marja-Liisa, Joosten, Hans, Tol, Susanna
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Rome] : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations : Wetlands International, 2012.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Series:	Mitigation of climate change in agriculture series ; 5.
Subjects:	Peatlands. Peatland conservation. Peatland ecology.