A simplified map of the Congo Basin peatland: Peat swamp forest (pink); open water (blue); savanna (yellow); other tropical forest (green). Credit: university of leeds WCS works with the Republic ...

Penang government has identified a total of 449.12ha of peat swamp forests in the island’s southwest district to be gazetted as permanent nature reserves under the National Forestry Act 1984.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 — A man suffered serious injuries after a suspected bear attack while searching for honey in the peat ...

Over half of all orangutans in Indonesian Borneo live in peat-swamp forest, with thick peat soils, laid down over thousands of years under extreme waterlogged conditions. But loggers and land ...

Burned peat forest in Borneo. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay. Southeast Asia lost 41% of its peat swamp forests and 7.4% of its mangroves between 2001 and 2022. The major drivers of ...