Overview
Provides a review of tropical peatland eco-management
Proposes an innovated water management in tropical peatland
Describes the enhancement of natural capital function in tropical peatland
Discusses the carbon-water cycle in tropical peatland
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Table of contents (29 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Principle Concept on “Eco-Management” of Tropical Peatland
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Innovative Eco-Management of Tropical Peatland: Water and Carbon Management
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Innovative Eco-Management of Tropical Peatland: AeroHydro Culture
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Comprehensive Management of Tropical Peatland
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About this book
In this "Tropical Peatland Eco-management" book, eco-management is new terminology as an abbreviation of "ecology-based management for natural capital enhancement". Key concept on this eco-management is derived from previous book: "Tropical Peatland Ecosystem"(Springer, 2015, eds. by M. Osaki and N. Tsuji).
Based on this new concept, this book thoroughly examines tropical peatland eco-management for scientists, political decision makers, governmental officials, land managers, students, and NGO/NPOs who are interested in 1) what the impact of peatland on climate change and ecosystem function, 2) how the management of disturbed peatland, and 3) drawing global scale restoration mechanisms of peatland and wetland.
In tropical peatland, a large amount of GHGs (carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide) is emitted due to the unappropriate development and inadequate management of peatland. The peatland ecosystems consist of the carbon–water complex, which is affected easily by the impact of human and climate change. Throughout much research of tropical peatland, the problems that result from development of tropical peatland are found to stem mainly from a lack of understanding of the complexities of this ecosystem and the fragility of the relationship between peat and forest and also between carbon and water.
In past, almost all peatland development and management system have been generally designed on “water drainage system”. On the contrast of old system, an innovated eco- management is, here, proposed as “water irrigation system”, including water cycling and natural capital enhancement. Through this book readers will learn the advanced peatland eco-management, with more practical methods and procedure based on ecosystem knowledge.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Mitsuru Osaki
Emeritus Professor of Hokkaido University, Japan and President of Japan Peatland Society, Japan
Nobuyuki Tsuji
Member of Japan Peatland Society, Japan. He was Associate Professor at Center for Sustainability Science, Hokkaido University, Japan and Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, University Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia.
Nazir Foead
Chief of Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG), Republic of Indonesia
Jack Rieley
The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tropical Peatland Eco-management
Editors: Mitsuru Osaki, Nobuyuki Tsuji, Nazir Foead, Jack Rieley
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4654-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-33-4653-6Published: 10 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-33-4656-7Published: 11 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-33-4654-3Published: 09 April 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 817
Number of Illustrations: 85 b/w illustrations, 259 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Management, Climate Change, Ecosystems, Hydrology/Water Resources