Biology
Ants 'diet' for carnivorous plants
Nepenthes bicalcarata live in the nutrient-rich peat forests on Borneo island. It is not a very effective carnivore. Their warm-leaf leaves lack smooth walls and sticky,…
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Environment
Risk of CO2 emissions from Central African peat swamps
Researchers have reported the discovery of peat lagoons in the Central African region of the United Kingdom's approximate England area with the same amount of CO2 as the…
Environment
Indonesia thanks to Russia and Japan to help control fire causing dry blindness
The Indonesian president proposed four countries, including Russia and Japan, to help stamp out the fire, which caused the thick dry haze to spread across the region for…
Environment
Biofuels from plants are equivalent to fossil fuels
Researchers at Leicester University in the United Kingdom found that CO2 emissions in oil palm plantations are more than twice as high as previously thought.
Environment
Smoke from Indonesia threatens Malaysia
Malaysian officials reported smoke from Indonesian wildfires caused an increase in the level of air pollution in the 29 regions of Selangor state.
Environment
Deforestation in Malaysia is three times faster than Asia
Malaysia's deforestation rate is three times faster than that of all Asian countries combined and even peat-rich forests along the coast of Sarawak state, the largest st…
Environment
Do not dig more channels in the forest
Center for Experimental Biodiversity (Can Tho University) has recommended localities in the Mekong Delta region should not dig more channels in the flooded forests of th…
Science Events
Vietnam and ASEAN use peat land sustainably
In order to strengthen sustainable peat land management, thereby maintaining the livelihood of local residents, Vietnam and ASEAN countries joined a project in this area…
New technology
Development of technology for producing sanitary products from peat moss
Scientists from the Medical University of Tomsk in Russia's Siberian region have developed a technology that allows the production of sanitary products from peat mos…
New technology
Turn coconuts into many useful products
In the recent International Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Exhibition Fair, Dat Sach Co., Ltd. introduced a set of products made from coco peat as bio-soil, clean so…