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Peat was historically mined overseas because it burns so well. But Australia’s subtropical peat bogs need fire to survive2.00 MB
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Peat was historically mined overseas because it burns so well. But Australia’s subtropical peat bogs need fire to survive
The Conversation, Vol.4 June 2024
2024
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Abstract
When I lived in Kalimantan in Indonesia in the 1990s and later in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, I would often wake to toxic, smoke-filled skies. The air would be filled with the distinctive smell of burning peat, as farmers cleared tropical peat swamp forests to make way for oil palm plantations.
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- Title
- Peat was historically mined overseas because it burns so well. But Australia’s subtropical peat bogs need fire to survive
- Authors
- Catherine Yule - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Publication details
- The Conversation, Vol.4 June 2024
- Publisher
- Conversation Media Group
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.64628/AA.cqdm63x6h
- ISSN
- 2201-5639
- Copyright note
- © The Conversation Media Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991029598702621
- Output Type
- Magazine article
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