Sowing The Seeds of Love
Eco Warriors Malaysia environmental group in conjunction with the the Global Environment Centre, the Selangor Forestry Department and other NGO groups organised a tree planting day in the North Selangor Peat Swamp Forest on 13th December 2008 to initiate the rehabilitation of this important ecosystem which had been illegally cleared and burnt for agricultural purposes. This is a large scale, long term project to replant this large protected forest area and will make an important contribution to the long term storage of carbon dioxide and climate control.
Climate Control
The North Selangor Peat Swamp Forest is a 75,000 hectare forest located north of Kuala Lumpur close to Batang Berjuntai. It is an ecologically important ecosystem for the regulation of climate with the trees absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing this in a thick layer of un-decomposed plant material or peat. The peat in this forest is up to 10m thick, has accumulated over the last 10,000 years and is one of the most important global stores of carbon therefore regulating the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This protected forest area was unfortunately destroyed about 10 to 15 years ago by illegal burning and clearing for agricultural purposes but recently the Selangor Forestry Department has cleared this area of the agricultural development and has started a rehabilitation programme with the replanting of trees to restore the forest. This will make an important contribution to the the maintenance of the peatland and the absorption of carbon dioxide from other activities in Malaysia.
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The North Selangor Peat Swamp Forest is a 75,000 hectare forest located north of Kuala Lumpur close to Batang Berjuntai. It is an ecologically important ecosystem for the regulation of climate with the trees absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing this in a thick layer of un-decomposed plant material or peat. The peat in this forest is up to 10m thick, has accumulated over the last 10,000 years and is one of the most important global stores of carbon therefore regulating the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This protected forest area was unfortunately destroyed about 10 to 15 years ago by illegal burning and clearing for agricultural purposes but recently the Selangor Forestry Department has cleared this area of the agricultural development and has started a rehabilitation programme with the replanting of trees to restore the forest. This will make an important contribution to the the maintenance of the peatland and the absorption of carbon dioxide from other activities in Malaysia.
