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RT5ELinkages of peatland degradation and rural poverty in development scenarios of peatland restoration
Published 2024“…Currently, peatland degradation continues due to drainage for industrial plants (Oil palm and Acacia), so their productivity continues to decline and rural communities are very dependent on peatlands, hence the poverty problem in rural areas remains unresolved. …”
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Controls of carbon turnover in tropical peatlands
Published 2014Subjects: “…peatlands…”
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Diversity of Insects in different peatland ecosystem
Published 2013“…A study of insect diversity in different peatland ecosystem was held in Betong Division, Sarawak. …”
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Daylight modelling of Portland building of Portsmouth University
Published 2013“…In this paper an attempt has been made to provide recommendations to improve the summer and winter performance of the daylight strategy of Portland Building of Portsmouth University. Daylight modelling was undertaken for five selected spaces viz. third floor office room, third floor south facing studio, north facing studio in the third floor, ground floor office room and atrium of the building as a means of providing advice on likely daylight performance, possible options for improving this performance and suggestions for artificial lighting control strategy based on daylight levels. …”
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Impact of microvariability on classification and management of peatlands in Asia
Published 2008Subjects: “…Peatlands…”
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An assessment of the environmental impacts of peatland development in Sarawak
Published 2002“…A study was carried out to examine the potential environmental impacts of peatland development in Sarawak and to assess the relevance and effectiveness of mitigating measures proposed to abate such impacts. …”
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Brief review on climate change and tropical peatlands
Published 2019“…For instance, clearing of peatlands using fire has been reported to release an estimated 88 t C ha−1 to the atmosphere. …”
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Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a tropical peatland
Published 2018“…Therefore this chapter studies the dynamics of these two primary nutrients within the peatland and how their losses are influenced by seasonal changes. …”
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Research agendas for the sustainable management of tropical peatland in Malaysia
Published 2015“…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. …”
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Improvement of Peat Using Portland Cement and Electrokinetic Injection Technique
Published 2014“…In this study, a series of batch test is performed to find out the effect of strength improvement of portland cement mixed with the peat. Then, the feasibility of injecting cement electrokinetically into peaty soil environment has been assessed. …”
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Sustainable Livelihood of Peatland Dwellers in the Mukah Watershed, Sarawak, Malaysia
Published 2007“…A large area of peatland in Sarawak occurs in Mukah Division. Although, considered unsuitable for the cultivation of certain crops, peatlands have been used by the local communities for subsistence agriculture and sago cultivation for generations. …”
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Development of guidelines for EIA on agriculture and infrastructure projects on peatlands in Sarawak
Published 2004“…In Sarawak, peatlands comprises about 13% or 1.66 million ha of the State's total land area. …”
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Assessment of alkali activated geopolymer binders as an alternative of portland cement
Published 2017“…The state-of-the art in this field demonstrated that this type of materials are ecologically friendly alternative of the Ordinary Portland cement.…”
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Effects of Using Pozzolan and Portland Cement in the Treatment of Dispersive Clay
Published 2013“…Treatments to dispersive clay using pozzolan and Portland cement, singly and simultaneously, were carried out in this study.When used alone, the optimum amount of pozzolan required to treat a fully dispersive clay sample was 5%, but the curing time to reduce dispersion potential, from100% to 30% or less, was 3 month long. …”
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Prediction of peatlands forest fires in Malaysia using machine learning
Published 2023“…The occurrence of fires in tropical peatlands poses significant threats to their ecosystems. …”
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