Sentence examples for peatland into from inspiring English sources

Photosynthetic productivity of peat swamp forests is relatively constant, but the net loss of carbon from the underlying peat depends strongly on the depth of the water table, which rises and falls with rainfall and discharge from the peatland into rivers.

This information was used to segregate the peatland into several zones.

The fires went on to turn the surrounding peatlands into a charred wasteland, denuded of trees.

Widodo announced to gathered reporters: "I have told the minister of environment and forestry to review the licenses of the companies that have converted peatlands into monoculture plantations if they are found damaging the ecosystem".

Palm oil may sound innocent enough, but the oil is found in thousands of consumer products from lipsticks to cereals, and it is the ingredient responsible for destroying the rainforests of Southeast Asia, eliminating habitat for orangutans and other unique species, displacing local communities and releasing massive stores of carbon from peatlands into the atmosphere.

The decree, signed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, commits Indonesia to a two-year moratorium on new permits to clear 64 million hectares, or 158 million acres, of virgin forest and carbon-rich peatland, putting into effect a funding agreement reached with Norway last year.

Over a period of time, big areas of our peatland have fallen into a really poor state.

Encroachment of saltwater into peatland that had formerly been saturated with freshwater could kill off trees and other vegetation.

Yet there was no mistaking that this was peatland: Paths submerged into black goop, teams of dragonflies swarmed over the hot water, reeds and forest grew from their depths.

In the mapped drain scenario, the peatland was divided into zones based on the Wilson et al. [11] observations that drains lead to localised dry zones within 2 m of drains, and a reduction in surface water and a lowering of the water table within 5 m of the drains [25].

Recently, the concept of peatland creation was adapted into the regulatory framework.