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CO2 emissions from tropical drained peat in Sumatra, Indonesia

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With the increasing use of tropical peatland for agricultural development, documentation of the rate of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is becoming important for national greenhouse gas inventories. The objective of this study was to evaluate soil-surface CO2 fluxes from drained peat under different land-use systems in Riau and Jambi Provinces, Sumatra, Indonesia. Increase of CO2 concentration was tracked in measurement chambers using an Infrared Gas Analyzer (IRGA, LI-COR 820 model). The results showed that CO2 flux under oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantations ranged from 34 ± 16 and 45 ± 25 Mg CO2 ha–1 year–1 in two locations in Jambi province to 66 ± 25 Mg CO2 ha–1 year–1 for a site in Riau. For adjacent plots within 3.2 km in the Kampar Peninsula, Riau, CO2 fluxes from an oil palm plantation, an Acacia plantation, a secondary forest and a rubber plantation were 66 ± 25, 59 ± 19, 61 ± 25, 52 ± 17 Mg ha–1 year–1, respectively, while on bare land sites it was between 56 ± 30 and 67 ± 24 Mg CO2 ha–1 year–1, indicating no significant differences among the different land-use systems in the same landscape. Unexplained site variation seems to dominate over land use in influencing CO2 flux. CO2 fluxes varied with time of day (p < 0.001) with the noon flux as the highest, suggesting an overestimate of the mean flux values with the absence of night-time measurements. In general, CO2 flux increased with the depth of water table, suggesting the importance of keeping the peat as wet as possible.

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This research was funded by the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7-ENV-2008-1), Project Number No. 226310 (REDD-ALERT). The authors wish to thank Dr. Robin Mathews, Ms. Jenny Farmer and George Dyer from James Hutton Institute and Dr. Meine van Noordwijk of the World Agroforestry Centre for their advice on this paper.

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    Husnain Husnain, I. G. Putu Wigena, Ai Dariah, Setiari Marwanto & Fahmuddin Agus

  2. Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development, Indonesian Agricultural Environment Research Institute, Jl. Raya Jakenan Jaken Km 05 Pati, Jawa Tengah, 59182, Indonesia

    Prihasto Setyanto

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Husnain, H., Wigena, I.G.P., Dariah, A. et al. CO2 emissions from tropical drained peat in Sumatra, Indonesia. Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change 19, 845–862 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-014-9550-y

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