SINGAPORE – Conserving the remaining, nearly intact peatlands and mangroves of South-east Asia – the region’s green lungs – can absorb far more carbon dioxide (CO2) than restoring degraded tracts of ...

There is a “mismatch” between the importance of peatlands and their current level of protection, a new study warns.

Conserving and restoring Southeast Asia's carbon-rich peatlands and mangroves could mitigate more than 50 per cent of the region's land-use carbon emissions, according to a new international study.

SINGAPORE, Feb. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Conserving and restoring Southeast Asia's carbon-rich peatlands and mangroves could ... region's terrestrial land, these ecosystems play an outsized ...

highlights the significant climate benefits of conserving and restoring peatlands and mangroves. Together, these ecosystems store more than 90 per cent of their carbon in soils rather than ...

SINGAPORE, Feb. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Conserving and restoring Southeast Asia's carbon-rich peatlands and mangroves could mitigate more ... 5 per cent of the region's terrestrial land, these ...

Southeast Asia is home to some of the world's largest areas of tropical peatlands and mangroves. These ecosystems share water-saturated, oxygen-limited soils that slow the decomposition of organic ...