Announcements more 26-Jun-2009 - Choppers Needed to Fight Fires in Riau Due to a sharp increase in the number of forest and peat land fires in Riau, the provincial ... 22-Jun-2009 - Sarawak to do cloud seeding Sarawak will start cloud seeding next week to disperse the haze that is creeping in from ... 19-Jun-2009 - Sarawak Braces For Long Dry Season, Haze A cloud seeding operation will be conducted in Sarawak to produce rain, in view of the long ... Upcoming Events [Other Events] SUBSCRIBE  Join any one of our emailing lists:  Peat-Portal List SEA-Peat List River Basin Initiative List The Global Environment Centre List You can make changes or to unsubcribe here.

About Peat-Portal  The PEAT PORTAL is a website dedicated to peatland management issues. Visitors to the portal will be able to participate in the identification of problematic areas in peatland management, quick exchange of information, sharing of ideas and enhancing of global awareness of pertinent issues in peatland management. The portal offers the latest news, techniques and information on peatland management and also serves as a platform in facilitating easy exchange of information and dialogues between interested groups. Additionally, it provides easy access to international communities concerned with peatland management and facilitates the promotion or dissemination of findings and knowledge. This user-friendly site enables anyone at country or organisation level to view the information on the portal. Visitors are encouraged to sign-up as member and share your knowledge and experiences in peat related topics, as well as to fully enjoy the benefits of a visit to the Peat Portal.  Members can become actively involved in the site and enjoy the following benefits:  Submitting information such as articles, documents, events and peat related news to the portal Receiving activity updates and discussion lists for topics of interest Receiving e-mail alerts of new content from other members of the PEAT PORTAL Participating in discussion forums  This Portal has been updated through projects supported by the  Asia-Pacific Network for Global Research (APN) and the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB).

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