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Ismail A.B., . and Salma I., . and Jamaludin J., . and Mohamad Hanif M.J., . (2008) Carbon balance in agriculture systems on peatland. [Proceedings Paper]
Abstract
Replacement of natural forest by agricultural crops is generally expected to change the role of tropical peatland from that of carbon sink to carbon loss ecosystem. Preliminary study in MARDI Peat Research Station at Sessang Sarawak however indicated the CO2 emission from agriculture on peatland could be minimized through farm management. Land clearing by burying the forest debris added more than 100 t C ha-1 into the peatland otherwise immediately loss by burning. Newly cleared plots were colonized by the fast growing Macaranga triloba that sequestered 25 t C ha-1 yr-1 from the air. It was also estimated that the agriculture systems were minor net-carbon-loss with major emission from decomposition of peat soil and large amount of biomass waste.
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Abstract
Replacement of natural forest by agricultural crops is generally expected to change the role of tropical peatland from that of carbon sink to carbon loss ecosystem. Preliminary study in MARDI Peat Research Station at Sessang Sarawak however indicated the CO2 emission from agriculture on peatland could be minimized through farm management. Land clearing by burying the forest debris added more than 100 t C ha-1 into the peatland otherwise immediately loss by burning. Newly cleared plots were colonized by the fast growing Macaranga triloba that sequestered 25 t C ha-1 yr-1 from the air. It was also estimated that the agriculture systems were minor net-carbon-loss with major emission from decomposition of peat soil and large amount of biomass waste.
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| Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
|---|---|
| AGROVOC Term: | CARBON |
| AGROVOC Term: | CARBON CYCLE |
| AGROVOC Term: | PEATLANDS |
| AGROVOC Term: | PEAT SOILS |
| AGROVOC Term: | LAND CLEARING |
| AGROVOC Term: | EMISSION |
| AGROVOC Term: | BIOMASS |
| AGROVOC Term: | WASTES |
| AGROVOC Term: | FARM MANAGEMENT |
| AGROVOC Term: | MALAYSIA |
| Geographical Term: | MALAYSIA |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim |
| Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2025 05:13 |
| URI: | http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11233 |
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