Asian peat fires add to warming

” It has been calculated that in 1997, 2.67 billion tonnes of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide were released through burning of these peatlands. This is equivalent to 40% of one year’s global fossil fuel combustion, Dr Page says. Without this urgent action, together with a fire control programme, the problem was only going to get worse, she added.” Source

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