Current knowledge on the Cuvette Centrale peatland complex and future research directions

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dc.contributor.authorBiddulph, George Elliot
dc.contributor.authorBocko, Yannick Enock
dc.contributor.authorBola, Pierre
dc.contributor.authorCrezee, Bart
dc.contributor.authorDargie, Greta C.
dc.contributor.authorEmba, Ovide
dc.contributor.authorGeorgiou, Selena
dc.contributor.authorGirkin, Nicholas T.
dc.contributor.authorHawthorne, Donna
dc.contributor.authorJovani-Sancho, A. Jonay
dc.contributor.authorKanyama, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorMampouya, Wenina Emmanuel
dc.contributor.authorMbemba, Mackline
dc.contributor.authorSciumbata, Matteo
dc.contributor.authorTyrrell, Genevieve
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-18T13:27:15Z
dc.date.available2022-01-18T13:27:15Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-01
dc.description.abstractThe Cuvette Centrale is the largest tropical peatland complex in the world, covering approximately 145,000 km2 across the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It stores ca. 30.6 Pg C, the equivalent of three years of global carbon dioxide emissions and is now the first trans-national Ramsar site. Despite its size and importance as a global carbon store, relatively little is known about key aspects of its ecology and history, including its formation, the scale of greenhouse gas flows, its biodiversity and its history of human activity. Here, we synthesise available knowledge on the Cuvette Centrale, identifying key areas for further research. Finally, we review the potential of mathematical models to assess future trajectories for the peatlands in terms of the potential impacts of resource extraction or climate change.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationBiddulph GE, Bocko YE, Bola P, et al., (2022) Current knowledge on the Cuvette Centrale peatland complex and future research directions, Bois et Forets des Tropiques, Volume 350, December 2021, pp. 3-15en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0006-579X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.19182/bft2021.350.a36288
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/17426
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherC I R A Den_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjecttropical peatlanden_UK
dc.subjectcarbon storageen_UK
dc.subjectgreenhouse gas emissionsen_UK
dc.subjectpalaeoecologyen_UK
dc.subjectbiodiversityen_UK
dc.subjectAnthropoceneen_UK
dc.subjectDemocratic Republic of Congoen_UK
dc.titleCurrent knowledge on the Cuvette Centrale peatland complex and future research directionsen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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