Researchers from various institutions conducted a study on bird habitats in the Giam Siak Kecil-Bukit Batu Biosphere Reserve ...
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Protecting peatlands and mangroves could halve Southeast Asia’s land-use emissionsAccording to the study, restoring currently degraded peat swamp forests and mangroves in Southeast Asia could reduce 94 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (MtCO2e) annually. Combined with ...
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Protecting peat swamps to boost state’s green effortsPenang government has identified a total of 449.12ha of peat swamp forests in the island’s southwest district to be gazetted as permanent nature reserves under the National Forestry Act 1984.
It is a favourite urban park among the Sibu community, popular for conservation activities and recreational visitors due to its peat swamp forest environment. The park has jungle trails suitable ...
Over half of all orangutans in Indonesian Borneo live in peat-swamp forest, with thick peat soils, laid down over thousands of years under extreme waterlogged conditions. But loggers and land ...
Between 2001 and 2022, about 40 per cent of peat swamp forests in South-east Asia in 2000 were lost. By 2017, the annual rate of loss of these forests had been 108,458ha a year, the study found.
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