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Jul 18, 2015
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The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is drastically undercounting carbon emissions from the draining of peatlands in Southeast Asia to make way for oil palm plantations, according to a new report. Peatlands are crucial in sequestering carbon and slowing climate change.

Researchers from the University of Minnesota's Institute on th…

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