Preventing the loss of Indonesian mangroves would slow climate change

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reventing the loss of Indonesian mangroves would help in the global fight against climate change, new research shows.


The study, published recently in Nature Climate Change, estimated that if Indonesia halts mangrove deforestation it could reduce its total greenhouse gas emissions by between 10% to 31%.

That would be globally significant, since Indonesia is among the world’s highest contributors to global emissions – ranked 12th in the world in 2012, according to European Commission figures, behind others led by China, the US and the European Union, and just ahead of Australia.

Read more on The Conversation - “Stopping mangrove deforestation in Indonesia could help slow climate change”.