A5039454617- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Agricultural and Environmental Management
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Forest Ecology and Conservation
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Geological and Geophysical Studies
- Wetland Management and Conservation
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
- Food Security and Socioeconomic Dynamics
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Coastal Management and Development
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Marine and coastal plant biology
National University of Singapore
2021-2025
James Cook University
2024-2025
Center for International Forestry Research
2015-2024
Charles Darwin University
2019-2021
Mangrove organic carbon is primarily stored in soils, which contain more than two-thirds of total mangrove ecosystem stocks. Despite increasing recognition the critical role ecosystems for climate change mitigation, there limited understanding soil sequestration mechanisms undisturbed low-latitude mangroves, specifically on burial rates and sources. This study assessed rates, sources stocks across an coastal mudflat hydrogeomorphological catena (fringe interior mangrove) Bintuni Bay, West...
Abstract Mangroves have among the highest carbon densities of any tropical forest. These ‘blue carbon’ ecosystems can store large amounts for long periods, and their protection reduces greenhouse gas emissions supports climate change mitigation. Incorporating mangroves into Nationally Determined Contributions to Paris Agreement valuation on markets requires predicting how management different land‐uses prevent future increase CO 2 sequestration. We integrated comprehensive global datasets...
Abstract Managing coastal wetlands is one of the most promising activities to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gases, and it also contributes meeting United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. One options through blue carbon projects, in which mangroves, saltmarshes, seagrass are managed increase sequestration gas emissions. However, other tidal align with characteristics carbon. These called freshwater States, supratidal Australia, transitional forests Southeast Asia, estuarine South...
Many drivers of mangrove forest loss operate over large scales and are most effectively addressed by policy interventions. However, conflicting or unclear objectives exist at multiple tiers government, resulting in contradictory management decisions. To address this, we considered four approaches that being used increasingly could be deployed Southeast Asia to ensure sustainable livelihoods biodiversity conservation. First, a stronger incorporation mangroves into marine protected areas (that...
Globally, carbon-rich mangrove forests are deforested and degraded due to land-use land-cover change (LULCC). The impact of deforestation on carbon emissions has been reported a global scale; however, uncertainty remains at subnational scales geographical variability field data limitations. We present an assessment blue storage five sites across West Papua Province, Indonesia, region that supports 10% the world's area. representative contrasting hydrogeomorphic settings also capture over...
Abstract Aim Mangrove wetlands span broad geographical gradients, resulting in functionally diverse tree communities. We asked whether latitudinal variation, allometric scaling relationships and species composition influence mangrove forest structure biomass allocation across biogeographical regions distinct coastal morphologies. Location Global. Time period Present. Major taxa studied ecosystems. Methods built the largest field‐based dataset on to date ( c . 2,800 plots from 67 countries)...
The Air Telang Protected Forest (ATPF) is one of the most dynamic and essential coastal forest landscapes in South Sumatra, Indonesia, because its location between multiple river outlets, including Musi catchment—Sumatra’s largest dense lowland catchment area. While ATPF areas are covered by mangroves, these have been experiencing severe anthropogenic-driven degradation conversion. This study aims to evaluate land cover changes associated carbon emissions over a 35-year period (1985–2020)...
Mangroves' ability to store carbon (C) has long been recognized, but little is known about whether planted mangroves can C as efficiently naturally established (i.e., intact) stands and in which time frame. Through Bayesian logistic models compiled from 40 years of data built 684 mangrove worldwide, we found that biomass stock culminated at 71 73% intact ~20 after planting. Furthermore, prioritizing mixed-species planting including
Abstract Globally, mangrove forests represents only 0.7% of world's tropical forested area but are highly threatened due to susceptibility climate change, sea level rise, and increasing pressures from human population growth in coastal regions. Our study was carried out the Bhitarkanika Conservation Area ( BCA ), second‐largest eastern India. We assessed total ecosystem carbon (C) stocks at four land use types representing varying degree disturbances. Ranked order impacts, these sites...
For countries’ emission-reduction efforts under the Paris Agreement to be effective, baseline emission/removals levels and reporting must as transparent accurate possible. Indonesia, which holds among largest area of tropical peatlands mangrove forest in world, it is particularly important for these high-carbon ecosystems produce high-accuracy greenhouse gas inventory improve national reference emissions level/forest level. Here, we highlight opportunity refining emission factors (EF)...
West Papua's Bintuni Bay is Indonesia's largest contiguous mangrove block, only second to the world's in Sundarbans, Bangladesh. As almost 40% of these mangroves are designated production forest, we assessed effects commercial logging on forest structure, biomass recovery, and soil carbon stocks burial five-year intervals, up 25 years post-harvest. Through remote sensing field surveys, found that canopy structure species diversity were gradually enhanced following recovery. Carbon pools...
Mangrove forest in Lubuk Kertang Village, West Brandan sub-district has been converted around 20 ha annually (1996–2016) into various non-forest land use. Rehabilitation can be a solution to restore the condition of ecosystem so that it resume its ecological and economic functions. This paper discusses evaluation mangrove rehabilitation carried out by planting 6000 propagules December 2015 5000 seedlings May 2016 with Rhizophora apiculata species abandoned ponds. Monitoring was every 6...
Aquaculture is one of the main drivers mangrove loss across Southeast Asian countries. The conversion mangroves to aquaculture generates substantial carbon stocks and reduces storage capacity. Here, we present total ecosystem (TECS), dioxide (CO 2 ) methane (CH 4 effluxes obtained from forests (fringe interior mangroves), silvofishery ponds (dense sparse non-silvofishery in Sawah Luhur, Banten, Indonesia. We found no significant difference TECS five land uses, ranging 261 ± 14 Mg C ha -1 574...
ABSTRACT Global peatlands store more carbon than all the world's forests biomass on just 3% of planet's land surface. Failure to address mounting threats peatland ecosystems will jeopardize critical climate targets and exacerbate biodiversity loss. Our analysis reveals that 17% are protected globally—substantially less many other high‐value ecosystems. Just 11% percent boreal 27% temperate tropical protected, while Indigenous peoples' lands encompass at least another one‐quarter globally....
Abstract Peatlands are crucial yet vulnerable carbon stores. Here, we investigated biogeochemical processes in tropical peatlands converted to plantations. We measured dioxide (CO 2 ) and methane (CH 4 concentrations, stable isotope ratios radiocarbon content an experimental Acacia crassicarpa plantation Sumatra, Indonesia. found exceptionally high levels of dissolved organic (DOC), CO , CH porewater drainage networks, indicating that plantations hotspots due their productivity exposed...