Question

Some peatlands of Sumatra are being drained so that palm oil plantations can be planted.

An important environmental consequence of this is

habitat destruction, which would drive all the native species to extinction.

the release of huge amounts of carbon, which will accelerate climate change.

the influx of many endemic species from surrounding forests.

the loss of a natural buffer that protects nearby industrial centers from occasional tropical storms.

Answer 1

Peatleands conversion would lead to serious environmental consequences and one of the most important of them would be the release of huge amount of carbon, which will accelerate climate change. Peatlands can store large amount of carbon in them and indonesia has got huge covers of them thus converting them would surely affect the carbon level of atmosphere.

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