Planning hydrological restoration of peatlands in Indonesia to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-239

  Jaenicke, Julia ^a   Wösten, Henk ^b   Budiman, Arif ^c   Siegert, Florian ^a  

^a REMOTE SENSING SOLUTIONS GMBH   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WWF Indonesia   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Dam construction; Drainage canal; Groundwater level rise; Hydrological modelling; Illegal logging

Indexed keywords

CANAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DEFORESTATION; EMISSIONS TRADING; EUROPEAN UNION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LOGGING (GEOPHYSICS); PEAT SOIL; PEATLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN;

ELAEIS;

EID: 77952322386     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-010-9214-5     Document Type: Article

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