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water in conserving peat swamp forest. Pahang Forestry Department State Forestry Department
Pan Y, Birdsey RA, Fang J, Houghton R, Kauppi PE, Kurz WA, Ciais P (2011) A large and
persistent carbon sink in the world’s forests. Science 333(6045):988–993
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Paramananthan S (2016) Organic soils of Malaysia. Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC)
Parish F, Sirin A, Charman D, Joosten H, Minayeva T, Silvius M, Stringer L (eds) (2008)
Assessment on Peatlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change: Main Report. Global Environment
Centre, Kuala Lumpur and Wetlands International, Wageningen
Parish F, Matthews J, Lew SY, Zainuddin MF, Lo J (eds) (2019a) RSPO Manual on BMPs for
Existing Oil Palm Cultivation on Peat, vol 1. RSPO, Kuala Lumpur
Parish F, Lew SY, Zainuddin MF, Giesen W (eds) (2019b) Manual on BMPs for Management and
Rehabilitation of Peatlands, vol 2. RSPO, Kuala Lumpur
Posa MR, Wijedasa LS, Corlett RT (2011) Biodiversity and conservation of tropical peat swamp
forests. Biosci Vol 61(1):49–57
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (2018) RSPO Principles and Criteria for the Production of
Sustainable Palm Oils
Selangor State Forestry Department (2014) Integrated Management Plan for North Selangor Peat
Swamp Forest 2014–2023. Selangor, Malaysia
Soil Survey Staff (2014) Keys to soil taxonomy, 12th edn. USDA-Natural Resources Conservation
Service, Washington, DC
Singh H, Kumaran S (2016) Malaysian Palm Oil Certification Council’s Role in The Implementation of the MSPO Certification Scheme. In: European palm oil conference, 5–6 October 2016,
Warsaw, Poland
Ten WP, Murtedza M (2002) An assessment of the environmental impacts of peatland development
in Sarawak. Paper presented at the Malaysian chemical congress 12–13 December 2002,
Kuching, Sarawak
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) (2020) Sustainable Management of Peatland Ecosystems
in Malaysia (SMPEM) project. https://www.thegef.org/project/sustainable-managementpeatland-ecosystems-malaysia-smpem
Tie YL (1990) Studies of peat swamps in Sarawak with particular reference to soil-forest relationships and development of dome-shaped structures. Unpublished PhD thesis, Department of
geography. Polytechnic of North London, UK, London
UNDP (2006) Malaysia’s peat swamp forests – conservation and sustainable use. United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP), Malaysia, Putrajaya
Whitmore TC (1984) Tropical rain forests of the far east, 2nd edn. Oxford University Press, Oxford,
352 + xvi pages. ISBN 0–19–854136-8
Wosten JHM, Ismail AB, Van WIJK, A. L. M. (1997) Peat subsidence and its practical implications: a case study in Malaysia. Geoderma 78:25–36
Zulkifley MTM, Ng TF, Konjing Z, Ashraf MA (2016) Development of tropical lowland peat forest
phasic community zonations in the kota samarahan-asajaya area. West Sarawak, Malaysia.
http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1794-61902016000100016
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Council Mumbai. http://www.mpoc.org.in/2017/03/30/malaysian-sustainable-palm-oil-mspoto-be-made-mandatory-by-2019/. Accessed 3 Feb 2020
Page SE, Rieley JO, Banks CJ (2011) Global and regional importance of the tropical peatlands
carbon pool. Glob Chang Biol 17:798–818
Pahang State Forestry Department (2005) Pekan Peat Swamp Forest Pahang, Malaysia. The role of
water in conserving peat swamp forest. Pahang Forestry Department State Forestry Department
Pan Y, Birdsey RA, Fang J, Houghton R, Kauppi PE, Kurz WA, Ciais P (2011) A large and
persistent carbon sink in the world’s forests. Science 333(6045):988–993
Paramananthan S (2008) Malaysian soil Taxonomy, 2nd edn. Param Agricultural Soil Surveys
(M) Sdn Bhd., Petaling Jaya
Paramananthan S (2016) Organic soils of Malaysia. Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC)
Parish F, Sirin A, Charman D, Joosten H, Minayeva T, Silvius M, Stringer L (eds) (2008)
Assessment on Peatlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change: Main Report. Global Environment
Centre, Kuala Lumpur and Wetlands International, Wageningen
Parish F, Matthews J, Lew SY, Zainuddin MF, Lo J (eds) (2019a) RSPO Manual on BMPs for
Existing Oil Palm Cultivation on Peat, vol 1. RSPO, Kuala Lumpur
Parish F, Lew SY, Zainuddin MF, Giesen W (eds) (2019b) Manual on BMPs for Management and
Rehabilitation of Peatlands, vol 2. RSPO, Kuala Lumpur
Posa MR, Wijedasa LS, Corlett RT (2011) Biodiversity and conservation of tropical peat swamp
forests. Biosci Vol 61(1):49–57
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (2018) RSPO Principles and Criteria for the Production of
Sustainable Palm Oils
Selangor State Forestry Department (2014) Integrated Management Plan for North Selangor Peat
Swamp Forest 2014–2023. Selangor, Malaysia
Soil Survey Staff (2014) Keys to soil taxonomy, 12th edn. USDA-Natural Resources Conservation
Service, Washington, DC
Singh H, Kumaran S (2016) Malaysian Palm Oil Certification Council’s Role in The Implementation of the MSPO Certification Scheme. In: European palm oil conference, 5–6 October 2016,
Warsaw, Poland
Ten WP, Murtedza M (2002) An assessment of the environmental impacts of peatland development
in Sarawak. Paper presented at the Malaysian chemical congress 12–13 December 2002,
Kuching, Sarawak
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) (2020) Sustainable Management of Peatland Ecosystems
in Malaysia (SMPEM) project. https://www.thegef.org/project/sustainable-managementpeatland-ecosystems-malaysia-smpem
Tie YL (1990) Studies of peat swamps in Sarawak with particular reference to soil-forest relationships and development of dome-shaped structures. Unpublished PhD thesis, Department of
geography. Polytechnic of North London, UK, London
UNDP (2006) Malaysia’s peat swamp forests – conservation and sustainable use. United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP), Malaysia, Putrajaya
Whitmore TC (1984) Tropical rain forests of the far east, 2nd edn. Oxford University Press, Oxford,
352 + xvi pages. ISBN 0–19–854136-8
Wosten JHM, Ismail AB, Van WIJK, A. L. M. (1997) Peat subsidence and its practical implications: a case study in Malaysia. Geoderma 78:25–36
Zulkifley MTM, Ng TF, Konjing Z, Ashraf MA (2016) Development of tropical lowland peat forest
phasic community zonations in the kota samarahan-asajaya area. West Sarawak, Malaysia.
http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1794-61902016000100016
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