Half a Degree of Warming Makes a Big Difference
A 1.5˚C increase in temperaturealone will have severe climate impacts on the world.
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A 1.5˚C increase in temperaturealone will have severe climate impacts on the world.
Not all plants that can grow on peatland are examples of paludikultur.
Paludikultur could bring economic benefit as well as contribute to peat restoration.
We need to live and build differently.
Papua is the last frontier of intact forest in Indonesia.
Most of the deforestation in both Papua provinces occurred within Production Forest and Other Land Use areas, which can be considered planned deforestation.
Forest loss in peatlands has been lower than in non-peatlands, but more carbon is released when peatland forest is lost.
Emissions from forest loss in peatlands could surpass emissions from non-peatland forest.
Kalimantan and Sumatra experienced the largest reduction in primary forest loss between 2016 and 2017 by 68 percent and 51 percent respectively.
The world is losing tree cover at an alarming rate, and the effects on biodiversity, the climate and indigenous communities cannot be overstated.