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Recent study in Japan found that the temperature increase is happening at this time will cause the land muddy (Wetland) kiln. Most striking ill effects of drying it can be seen clearly in the land of peat swamp. This causes more carbon from the peat swamp freed into the air and forming carbon dioxide, which then again worsen the global warming problem.

Using the method permodelan computer, the scientist involved examine the land-peat swamp land in the Latitude higher in locations including Canada, Russia and Alaska, and they found the marshy land is becoming increasingly dry with increasing global temperatures. Results report from the Science and Technology Agency Sea-Land Japan is published in the journal Nature Geoscience edition in October. Pluck from the report, the increase in temperature of four degrees Celsius is only able to cause 40 percent loss of carbon from the peat swamp even superficial event that more marshland in the loss of carbon that can be 86 percent.

Peat soil dry out

The process of drying marshland This will cause carbon freed from the soil and so cause the amount of carbon dioxide in the air increases. According to one of the experts involved, Takeshi Ise, the situation will worsen the problem of global warming now. In brief, what is selling cycle mechanism of action to respond positively where the temperature increase caused peat soil dry and then deliver carburet.

The more carbon freed, the establishment of the increase of carbon dioxide gas and cause a phenomenon back home green apply more viable and cause the temperature of the hot earth. Global warming effect due to the increase of gases in the atmosphere green house, especially carbon dioxide, methane addition, ozone and water WAP.

What can we do?

First of all, the way is clear is that we need to understand and overcome the factors that cause global warming phenomenon which is proceeding from the green house gas. Increased carbon dioxide in the current overheating is the result of human activity, particularly related to the fire burning materials. This issue has been discussed.

Second, is to recognize, protect and maintain forests, peat swamp forests. Peat land is the land that formed the results of collecting the rest of the half-decayed plants or are in the process pengomposan wet area.

This type of land includes approximately two percent of the total land surface in the world and including in the category of muddy land. In the original so, peat swamp forest land is always the tropics drowned water, minerals, low, with a depth of between one to 20 meters and are usually found in the valleys of rivers, deltas and estuarine area. The type of peat land have the ability of the absorption of the water like a span, this forest penakung and act as a supplier of water.

The process of disintegration that occur in the marsh is less oxygen in the circumstances or Anaerobic and berasid. Supervisor will apply with too slowly and cause the remaining plants release chemicals that tannin-colored dusky color of the water as tea. The rate of decomposition of carbon pereputan plants in the ground water that drowned is very low. That is why peat swamp role as a store that carbon storage is very large.

But the extent to which we identify and recognize the interests of all the land so this?

At least 60 percent or 20 million hectares of peat land of the world is located in Malaysia and Indonesia. Malaysia has more than two million hectares of peat swamp land, especially in Sarawak. However, the peat swamp forest in Sarawak had fallen by more striking from 1.6 million hectares in 1974 to approximately 1.2 million hectares now.

Although the peat swamp forests are considered particularly rough conditions, he drowned the water, and less berasid minerals, forests, peat swamp have biodiversiti of the high and unique. This includes important habitat for various flora and fauna, including timber trees, but the more popular threatened as Ramin (Gonystylus sp.), Or a picture of red meranti (Shorea albida), bintangor (Calophyllum ferrugineum), meranti, mangroves (Shorea uliginosa) and jelutong (Dyera costulata). Memetik John Howes report in The Encyclopedia of Malaysia, the exploitation of forest peat swamp forests, especially in Sarawak timber picture with the applicable rate that is too fast and need for immediate action pemuliharaan to the library.

The balance exploitative lesion

In Sarawak, forests, peat swamp forest types are the most dibalak early in the mechanical and pembalakan has started since 1947. Instead, Howes said, almost all forest areas of peat swamp in Sarawak has dilesenkan for the purpose pembalakan since 1979. Recent developments fate of peat swamp forests actually more disquiet.

Tebus to agriculture

In addition to problems pembalakan, peat swamp forests are also forced by the issue ditebusguna especially for agricultural land. Now, more and more forest in Sarawak have been exchanged into farms palm oil. As the forest land that are often considered a useless alone again located in the area pamah land, forests, peat swamp certainly become the main option.

What is certain, however, this is because he has been disquiet and are threatening not just swimming biodiversiti country even affect the balance of the water cycle, air temperature and weather world. In a seminar recently, a specialist investigators Forest Project Paya peat Pahang Tenggara, Dr. Aziz Hamzah deserted from Perhutanan Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) has to answer the question about the author issues peat swamp forest fires.

Clearly he, peat swamp forests will tend to become dry due to infiltration of water from land to land that in order to be redeemed for other purposes, especially agricultural land used. Exploitation of land that will affect the nature of natural peat land that should always bergenang in the water. This makes the semi decayed plant, which is the main characteristic of peat land, is no longer in wet conditions as he remains a high risk of organic to be burned, because in the dry. The situation is intended to invite more problems. Even peat land is forest area which is quite flammable massive.

So turn back to the question whether our actions? How can we deal with issues of things?

And various public awareness campaign is important reforestation, nature education in schools and rank participations also important, as well as the various investigations by academic experts. But the only consciousness and shift the paradigm of the parties involved in a particular rank superiors called leaders, the police, pelobi-pelobi projects and others that can produce significant changes.


Caution! Open burning

Open burning is one of the main causes of air pollution to the validity in this country. Open burning were mostly valid in the area of waste dumping site, pepejal remaining in the area of industrial and construction site, remains a necessity, the rest of the garden and forest burning in the store. The situation becomes more serious in the summer to go because it also contributes to the problem jerebu which harms public health and reduce visibility.

Jerebu problems that countries in 1997 caused almost all the countries seems to be veiled `smoke '. Jerebu conditions that apply when it is causing disquiet air pollution index (IPU) to increase so that the very danger.

IPU is the size of a system that was developed to promulgate to the public about air quality and health of impaknya with the easiest way. IPU measure the thickness of the pollutant terampai and in a number on the scale of 0 to 500. Hence, to improve penguatkuasaan against open burning activities, since 1998 the Department of Environment (NIV) launched Operation Prevent Open Fire (Ops Bakar) in the entire country. Operating in a program involves aspects pengesanan departments, investigation and action penguatkuasaan, entered, awareness and education activities.

In addition, the law-enforcement involve more firmly with the various government agencies to monitor the problem is also necessary. Prohibition of open burning can not be implemented only with the landing. It should be accompanied by law-enforcement. Open burning will continue to be valid as long as there is not any evidence that they make mistakes charged nemesis. If the case of open burning carried out by individuals or companies, they need to court and face severe penalties according to the Natural Surroundings Quality Act 1974.

Indeed the punishment that may be levied against pesalah weight which is the maximum fine of RM500 000 or imprisonment of five years or so, both the compound and a maximum of RM2 000. At the Asean, the International Danger of Forest and Soil in June 2002 reached agree to hold through the cooperation agreement for the deal with the burning of forests and soil that had caused jerebu most extreme in the Asean region. The commitment of member countries seen as a positive effort towards addressing the problem and fight fires and open jerebu. Agreement signed with the minister responsible about the environment, has committed member countries to handle issues related to the national level and the region.

Agreement between different mengkehendaki these countries cooperate to prevent a fire control jerebu through, creating early warning systems, exchange of information and technology and to provide assistance with. The agreement is more business to the same countries and aims to punish non-member countries that violate the agreement said. Instead, he more forms of cooperation to be clearly stated that member countries should provide assistance to other friends.

The agreement is part of the Action Plan Jerebu region received life by problems after the Asean jerebu the holder in 1997 and 1998 causing economic losses of RM34.2 billion (U.S. $ 9 billion) spending harms, including agriculture and tourism sectors. Seriousness in handling the state forest fire and land jerebu and proven with a variety of business at the national level through a mechanism to prevent fires and jerebu source rondaan through the air with the help of setelit. Penguatkuasaan to action on their willful conduct open burning is taken without compromise with the assistance of other government agencies including the Fire and Rescue Department, Department of State Security, Rela, the Ministry of Health and police.

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