The Wader Atlas

The Wader Atlas is a milestone publication presenting all the current knowledge of the numbers, distribution and movements of waders in the Africa-Western Eurasia region. Built on ten years of study, the Wader Atlas provides trends, maps and detailed information on these remarkable groups of birds.

In total, the Wader Atlas includes 89 species accounts with each a full-colour map showing populations and key sites, in-depth text describing movements and status of each population, a colour photograph and a table of key sites

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Peatland degradation fuels climate change

Language(s): English , Contact person: Alex Kaat , Author(s): Marcel Silvius, Alex Kaat

In this article we publisch the findings of the Peat-CO2 study of Delft Hydraulics, Wetlands International and Alterra for the 12th UN-FCCC summit, Nairobi 2006.

The article presents shocking information on climate change caused by wetland destruction in Indonesia.

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Description:

Over the last decades, a silent disaster has been taking place in Indonesia and is increasing in magnitude. Huge areas of wet peatland forests are drained and logged.

Drainage starts a rapid process of decomposition, made worse by annual peat fires that last for months. Together these contribute large amounts of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

Recently calculated emissions of greenhouse gases unexpectedly reveal that Indonesia has the third largest emissions of the world. These figures that change the global picture on greenhouse gas emissions will be presented at the UN-climate Conference in Nairobi, Tuesday the 7th of November 2006.

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