Peat Soil In Sarawak

The institute was initially established as the tropical peat research laboratory unit tprl under the mandate of the sarawak government.

Peat soil in sarawak. Co2 is emitted when carbon rich peat soils are disturbed for cultivation. Sarawak will conduct more research and studies on peat and swamp soil for the building of sustainable structures like roads bridges and buildings said deputy chief minister tan sri dr james jemut masing. Around 71 percent of oil palm plantations in sarawak are located on non peat soils so wilmar can continue to source from those plantations. Photo courtesy of ramesh veloo photo 3.

He said 60 per cent of land in sarawak consists of peatlands and this posed as a great challenge for engineers. Kuching nov 2 sarawak will conduct more research and studies on peat and swamp soil for the building of sustainable structures like roads bridges and buildings said deputy chief minister tan sri dr james jemut masing. The establishment of the tprl signified the sarawak governments commitment to address the development of tropical peatlands for agriculture and its corresponding effect on. The soil division of sarawak malaysia has adopted a definition for organic soil that is based on profile partition i e.

Therefore the objective of this study is to investigate the compressibility and shear strength behaviour of peat soil in sarawak. The bulk density of peat soil from all the areas was low which range from 0 14 to 0 3 g cm3. Soils that have 50 cm or more organic soil matter within 100 cm or more. He said 60 per cent of land in sarawak consists of peatlands and this posed as a great challenge for engineers.

Total nitrogen of peat soil from different districts figure 1 5 summarized the mean comparison of the selected physical and geochemical properties of peat soil from different districts of sarawak. Photo courtesy of ramesh veloo cultivated tropical peat soils have lower co2 emission than reported. The facts about peat soils in sarawak malaysia mercredi 05 mars 2014 14 59 news. In sarawak peat soil covers 13 of total land area.

Peat soil from different districts fig. Further wilmar s policy doesn t prohibit it from sourcing from the 29 percent of palm plantations currently established on peat only that those plantations use best management practices to reduce carbon emissions and environmental damage. The sarawak tropical peat research institute stropi was founded in the year 2008. In order to study the consolidation behaviour two types of original peat soil samples was tested.