Tropical peatlands in the Anthropocene: the present and the future

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dc.contributor.authorGirkin, Nicholas T.
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Hannah V.
dc.contributor.authorLedger, Martha J.
dc.contributor.authorO’Reilly, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorThornton, Sara A.
dc.contributor.authorÅkesson, Christine M.
dc.contributor.authorCole, Lydia E. S.
dc.contributor.authorHapsari, K. Anggi
dc.contributor.authorHawthorne, Donna
dc.contributor.authorRoucoux, Katherine H.
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-14T11:30:48Z
dc.date.available2022-12-14T11:30:48Z
dc.date.issued2022-11-28
dc.description.abstractTropical peatlands are a globally important carbon store. They host significant biodiversity and provide a range of other important ecosystem services, including food and medicines for local communities. Tropical peatlands are increasingly modified by humans in the rapid and transformative way typical of the “Anthropocene,” with the most significant human—driven changes to date occurring in Southeast Asia. This review synthesizes the dominant changes observed in human interactions with tropical peatlands in the last 200 years, focusing on the tropical lowland peatlands of Southeast Asia. We identify the beginning of transformative anthropogenic processes in these carbon-rich ecosystems, chart the intensification of these processes in the 20th and early 21st centuries, and assess their impacts on key ecosystem services in the present. Where data exist, we compare the tropical peatlands of Central Africa and Amazonia, which have experienced very different scales of disturbance in the recent past. We explore their global importance and how environmental pressures may affect them in the future. Finally, looking to the future, we identify ongoing efforts in peatland conservation, management, restoration, and socio-economic development, as well as areas of fruitful research toward sustainability of tropical peatlands.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationGirkin NT, Cooper HV, Ledger MJ, et al., (2022) Tropical peatlands in the Anthropocene: the present and the future. Anthropocene, Volume 40, December 2022, Article number 100354en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2213-3054
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2022.100354
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/18813
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectTropical peatlandsen_UK
dc.subjectLand use changeen_UK
dc.subjectPalm oilen_UK
dc.subjectClimate changeen_UK
dc.subjectBiodiversityen_UK
dc.subjectcarbon cycleen_UK
dc.titleTropical peatlands in the Anthropocene: the present and the futureen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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