Peatlands: the challenge of mapping the world’s invisible stores of carbon and water
- Submitting institution
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University of East London
- Unit of assessment
- 13 - Architecture, Built Environment and Planning
- Output identifier
- 30
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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- Title of journal
- Unasylva: An international journal of forestry and forest industries
- Article number
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- First page
- 46
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0041-6436
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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http://www.fao.org/3/ca6842en/ca6842en.pdf
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Originality: Requested by the UNFAO, this paper highlights, for the first time, the inadequate level of peatland mapping across the globe, making clear the implications for overlooked carbon emissions. Rigour: The paper draws on practical mapping experience from key peatland areas around the globe, including the European Topic Centre and the UN FAO. Significance: This paper was circulated by FAO to delegates at the Paris Climate talks and continues to underpin ongoing initiatives (UNFCCC; Convention on Biological Diversity; Ramsar Convention. Lindsay wrote a large proportion of the text, (not Congo/Amazon/ EU perspective), and provided all but one of the photographs/illustrations.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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