Keep wetlands wet: the myth of sustainable development of tropical peatlands – implications for policies and management

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 534-549

  Evers, Stephanie ^a,b,c   Yule, Catherine M ^b,d   Padfield, Rory ^b,e,f   O'Reilly, Patrick ^a,b,g   Varkkey, Helena ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^b Tropical Catchment Research Initiative   (Malaysia)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^e MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^f OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g CROPS FOR THE FUTURE   (Malaysia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

climate change; COP21; hydrology; Indonesia; Malaysia; management; policy; tropical peatlands

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; PEATLAND; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL FOREST; WETLAND;

INDONESIA; MALAYSIA;

ELAEIS;

SOIL;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDONESIA; SOIL; TROPIC CLIMATE; WETLAND;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; INDONESIA; SOIL; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WETLANDS;

EID: 84994389343     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13422     Document Type: Article

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