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Peatlands in Southeast Asia

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Scroll down for November 2022 articles and updates on peatlands, climate change and palm oil.

REVIEW OF REGIONAL HAZE SITUATION IN ASEAN REGION (November 2022)

The inter-monsoon conditions gradually made way for the Northeast Monsoon over the ASEAN region in November 2022. Most of the ASEAN region experienced wet weather conditions during November 2022, except for the northern, western and central parts of the Mekong sub-region where the conditions were relatively drier. Over the northern ASEAN region, rainfall amount was higher over the southern Mekong sub-region, coastal areas of Viet Nam and the Philippines. Widespread rainfall fell over much of the southern ASEAN region.

For November 2022, overall hotspot activities were mostly subdued due to the prevailing rainy conditions over the ASEAN region. The hotspot counts for the whole ASEAN region were generally lower or comparable to the counts in previous years. No significant smoke haze was observed.

PEATLAND BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM

More articles and updates on peatland

Article: Protecting peatlands using satellite enabled IoT
Article: Protecting the peatlands and woodlands in Angola’s ‘source of life’
News: Minister concerned over definition of ‘restoring’ peatlands
Conference: State of the World's Peatlands Global Peatlands Assessment - Evidence for peatlands action

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Global Peatlands Initiative – 4th Partners Meeting
The meeting will be held in Lima, Peru from 21 – 26 February 2023. More info HERE

Learning from experience doing peatland research in developing countries
An online training on 9 May 2023. More info HERE

CLIMATE CHANGE

"Greenhouse gas emissions keep growing. Global temperatures keep rising. And our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will make climate chaos irreversible. We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator." - António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations during his speech at UNFCCC COP27 in Egypt.

More articles and updates on climate change

News Release: Climate change could trigger the Congo peatlands to release billions of tons of carbon
Article: Tackling Climate Change Displacement at COP27
News: Climate change begs for interfaith action in Asia
UNEP Report: As impacts accelerate, adapting to climate change must become a global priority

PALM OIL

More articles and updates on palm oil

Report: Biodiversity in Africa and Latin America at risk from oil palm expansion
News: Planters need sustained high CPO prices
Press Release: RSPO certification grows from three countries in 2008 to 21 in 2021
Article: Palm oil sustainability debated on sidelines of G20 summit