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The peat swamp forests on Borneo occur in the Indonesian state of Kalimantan, the Malaysian state of Sarawak and in the Belait District of Brunei on coastal lowlands, built up behind the brackish mangrove forests and bounded by the Borneo lowland rain forests on better-drained soils.
- Peat swamp forest
Indonesia contains 50% of tropical peat swamps and 10% of...
- Peat swamp forest
Indonesia contains 50% of tropical peat swamps and 10% of dry land in the world. They have the potential of playing an important role in mitigating global warming and climate change under the reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) scheme.
The peat swamp forests have formed over hundreds of years, as sediment and organic debris deposited by rivers are trapped behind mangroves, gradually building up a layer of waterlogged, acidic, nutrient-poor soil.
30 Δεκ 2023 · Currently, 1.39 million ha (about 7.6% of Malaysia’s land area) are covered with mangrove swamp forests (Latiff, 2012), but every year, the area loss of mangrove forests in Malaysia is about 241.28 km 2 and ranks second among the top 10 countries (Bryan-Brown et al., 2020).
Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve (MMFR) is the largest mangrove forest reserve in Malaysia with an area of about 40,000ha. MMFR is primarily managed for timber production with management plans based on a series of 10-year working plans.
In protecting mangroves, Indonesia needs accurate, integrated, and frequently updated data that can be used to track progress, prioritize actions, and communicate the value of Indonesia’s coastal ecosystems.
2 Ιαν 2023 · Indonesia, the most mangrove-rich nation in the world, has proposed the most globally ambitious mangrove rehabilitation target (600,000 ha) of any nation, to be achieved by 2024 to...
