Peatlands : 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 land area. Peatlan...
| Uniform Title: | Mitigation of climate change in agriculture series ;
5. |
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| Language: | English |
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[Rome] :
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations : Wetlands International,
2012.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Mitigation of climate change in agriculture series ;
5. |
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| Physical Description: | C-L, 100 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm. |
| Format: | Book |