Conservation and Restoration of Peatlands in Indonesia
Can the private sector do the job?
Zurich, July 22, 2012 – South Pole Carbon's forestry expert Tilmann Silber was awarded the Best Master Thesis in Environmental Sciences at ETH 2011. Congratulations!
In- and outputs of the peat carbon stock in tropical peatlands
Greenhouse gas emissions due to anthropogenic drainage of tropical peatland are about 545 MtCO₂ per year. Restoration of drained peatland and conservation of peatland under threat of drainage have been proposed as effective climate mitigation measures. To implement such activities on a large scale, private sector involvement based on the carbon market is a promising option. Tilmann Silver's study examines the incentives of the carbon market for conservation and restoration projects in tropical peatlands, focusing on Indonesia.
