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Research agendas for the sustainable management of tropical peatland in Malaysia

There is a need for coordinated research for the sustainable management of tropical peatland. Malaysia has 6% of global tropical peat by area and peatlands there are subject to land use change at an unprecedented rate. This paper describes a stakeholder engagement exercise that identified 95pri...

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Main Authors:	Padfield, Rory, Waldron, Susan, Drew, Simon, Alex, Sayok, Papargyropoulou, Effie, Shashi, Kumar, Page, Susan, Gilvear, Dave, Armstrong, Alona, Evers, Stephanie
Format:	E-Article
Language:	English
Published:	Foundation for Environmental Conservation 2015
Subjects:	GE Environmental Sciences Q Science (General)
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9680/1/NO%20106%20Research%20agendas%20for%20the%20sustainable%20management%20of%20tropical%20peatland%20in%20Malaysia%20-%20abstrak.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9680/ http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9546052&fileId=S0376892914000034
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spelling	my.unimas.ir.96802017-02-21T02:18:40Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9680/ Research agendas for the sustainable management of tropical peatland in Malaysia Padfield, Rory Waldron, Susan Drew, Simon Alex, Sayok Papargyropoulou, Effie Shashi, Kumar Page, Susan Gilvear, Dave Armstrong, Alona Evers, Stephanie GE Environmental Sciences Q Science (General) There is a need for coordinated research for the sustainable management of tropical peatland. Malaysia has 6% of global tropical peat by area and peatlands there are subject to land use change at an unprecedented rate. This paper describes a stakeholder engagement exercise that identified 95priority research questions for peatland inMalaysia, organized into nine themes. Analysis revealed the need for fundamental scientific research, with strong representation across the themes of environmental change, ecosystem services, and conversion, disturbance and degradation. Considerable uncertainty remains about Malaysia’s baseline conditions for peatland, including questions over total remaining area of peatland, water table depths, soil characteristics, hydrological function, biogeochemical processes and ecology. More applied and multidisciplinary studies involving researchers from the social sciences are required. The future sustainability of Malaysian peatland relies on coordinating research agendas via a ‘knowledge hub’ of researchers, strengthening the role of peatlands in land-use planning and development processes, stricter policy enforcement, and bridging the divide between national and provincial governance. Integration of the economic value of peatlands into existing planning regimes is also a stakeholder priority. Finally, current research needs to be better communicated for the benefit of the research community, for improved societal understanding and to inform policy processes. Foundation for Environmental Conservation 2015 E-Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9680/1/NO%20106%20Research%20agendas%20for%20the%20sustainable%20management%20of%20tropical%20peatland%20in%20Malaysia%20-%20abstrak.pdf Padfield, Rory and Waldron, Susan and Drew, Simon and Alex, Sayok and Papargyropoulou, Effie and Shashi, Kumar and Page, Susan and Gilvear, Dave and Armstrong, Alona and Evers, Stephanie (2015) Research agendas for the sustainable management of tropical peatland in Malaysia. Environmental Conservation, 42 (1). pp. 73-83. ISSN 03768929 http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9546052&fileId=S0376892914000034 doi:10.1017/S0376892914000034
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spellingShingle	GE Environmental Sciences Q Science (General) Padfield, Rory Waldron, Susan Drew, Simon Alex, Sayok Papargyropoulou, Effie Shashi, Kumar Page, Susan Gilvear, Dave Armstrong, Alona Evers, Stephanie Research agendas for the sustainable management of tropical peatland in Malaysia
description	There is a need for coordinated research for the sustainable management of tropical peatland. Malaysia has 6% of global tropical peat by area and peatlands there are subject to land use change at an unprecedented rate. This paper describes a stakeholder engagement exercise that identified 95priority research questions for peatland inMalaysia, organized into nine themes. Analysis revealed the need for fundamental scientific research, with strong representation across the themes of environmental change, ecosystem services, and conversion, disturbance and degradation. Considerable uncertainty remains about Malaysia’s baseline conditions for peatland, including questions over total remaining area of peatland, water table depths, soil characteristics, hydrological function, biogeochemical processes and ecology. More applied and multidisciplinary studies involving researchers from the social sciences are required. The future sustainability of Malaysian peatland relies on coordinating research agendas via a ‘knowledge hub’ of researchers, strengthening the role of peatlands in land-use planning and development processes, stricter policy enforcement, and bridging the divide between national and provincial governance. Integration of the economic value of peatlands into existing planning regimes is also a stakeholder priority. Finally, current research needs to be better communicated for the benefit of the research community, for improved societal understanding and to inform policy processes.
format	E-Article
author	Padfield, Rory Waldron, Susan Drew, Simon Alex, Sayok Papargyropoulou, Effie Shashi, Kumar Page, Susan Gilvear, Dave Armstrong, Alona Evers, Stephanie
author_facet	Padfield, Rory Waldron, Susan Drew, Simon Alex, Sayok Papargyropoulou, Effie Shashi, Kumar Page, Susan Gilvear, Dave Armstrong, Alona Evers, Stephanie
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title	Research agendas for the sustainable management of tropical peatland in Malaysia
title_short	Research agendas for the sustainable management of tropical peatland in Malaysia
title_full	Research agendas for the sustainable management of tropical peatland in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Research agendas for the sustainable management of tropical peatland in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Research agendas for the sustainable management of tropical peatland in Malaysia
title_sort	research agendas for the sustainable management of tropical peatland in malaysia
publisher	Foundation for Environmental Conservation
publishDate	2015
url	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9680/1/NO%20106%20Research%20agendas%20for%20the%20sustainable%20management%20of%20tropical%20peatland%20in%20Malaysia%20-%20abstrak.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9680/ http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9546052&fileId=S0376892914000034
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Research agendas for the sustainable management of tropical peatland in Malaysia

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