Yale Environment 360: The draining and burning of peat bogs is a major global source of CO2 emissions. Now, Fred Pearce reports, a project in Russia is looking to re-flood and restore tens of thousands of acres to their natural state. According to researchers from Yale and Stanford universities, about two-thirds of unprotected lands in the Ketapang District of West Kalimantan are now leased to agribusinesses. If those lands are converted to oil palm plantations at current expansion rates, palm stands will cover more than...
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Enclosure: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/04/19/1200452109.full.pdf+html
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