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TL;DR: It is estimated that between 0.81 and 2.57 Gt of carbon were released to the atmosphere in 1997 as a result of burning peat and vegetation in Indonesia, equivalent to 13–40% of the mean annual global carbon emissions from fossil fuels, and contributed greatly to the largest annual increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration detected since records began in 1957.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used available information on tropical peatland area and thickness and calculate peat volume and carbon content in order to determine their best estimates and ranges of variation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors estimate the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions resulting from drainage of lowland tropical peatland for agricultural and forestry development which dominates the perturbation of the carbon balance in the region.

TL;DR: The amount of carbon stored in peats exceeds that stored in vegetation and is similar in size to the current atmospheric carbon pool as mentioned in this paper, which is a threat to many peat-rich biomes and has the potential to disturb these carbon stocks.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an analysis of recent large-scale subsidence monitoring studies in Acacia and oil palm plantations on peatland in SE Asia, and compare the findings with previous studies.