Fei Cheng graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology with a bachelor's degree in 2020 and a master's degree from the Royal College of Art in 2022. He has won various competition awards, such as China College Students' "Challenge Cup" Business Plan Competition, China College Students'" Internet+ "Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition, Computer Design Competition for Chinese University Students, Shanghai Urban Design Challenge, etc. He has served as chairman of several student organizations and has interned and worked at Alibaba Group, Barratt London and other companies，recruited by the 2022 Elite Program of China State Construction Engineering Corporation.
Fei Cheng
The project takes Indonesia as an example and focuses on the conservation of peatlands with a view to reducing emissions. Through research and experiments of peat soil, the project puts forward methods covering identification, management and protection of the peat dome. Through studying the formation and growth of peat domes, it was discovered that microorganisms are the key species in the formation and carbon cycle of peatlands. Therefore, by locking the habitat range of these microorganisms, the range of the peat dome can be obtained. Through pH and soil carbon analysis, I propose a scientific and efficient reclassification method to divide the peatland into threendifferent levels. Finally, each of these levels is given a different level of protection and management design, making a significant contribution to of the goal of protecting peatland and reducing emissions.
Indonesia has 14.9 million hectares of peatland, of which about 45% has been drained and converted to other uses, such as oil palm plantations, pulp plantations, agricultural food, and so on (Law et al., 2015). Due to unregulated industrial agriculture and development, Indonesia's peatlands are frequent victims of fire—releasing huge amounts of carbon emissions into the atmosphere
The decomposition of a lot of microbes in the peat builds the dome itself. As long as these microorganisms are still in the process of incomplete decomposition, the peat dome is still growing and forming. At the same time, microorganisms have different degrees of decomposition activity at different depths of peat domes, resulting in peat domes growing in both horizontal and vertical directions.
The terrain is a low-lying wetland, the white represents the surface layer of the soil, and the range of color is the living range of the microorganisms that make up the dome. With the action of microorganisms, the land starts to become higher, the number of microorganisms continues to grow, and the dome gradually forms.
Microorganisms are the key species of peatland carbon. We can find the range of the peat dome by looking for the range of the habitat of the microorganisms. While microorganisms are too difficult to 'see' with the naked eye, or sensors, we can analyze the influencing factors of microorganism and identify the soil ingredients that contribute to the environment of active decomposition that these organisms thrive in.
The case being analyzed is located around Pontianak in West Kalimantan. About 35.16% of the total peatland is in West Kalimantan. However, peat forests here are being lost and degraded. It can be attributed to agricultural expansion, particularly of oil palm and pulp timber, timber harvesting, mining, and consequent drainage, and associated fires. Improper land use and management can cause great harm to peat land. Therefore, Stratified experiments on soil PH and carbon data were conducted here.
In general, through experiments on soil organic carbon density and soil pH, we have explored the scope and boundary of peat domes many times. Different levels of boundaries are defined in terms of peat dome concentration, carbon content, and carbon dioxide emissions. Using multi-software for data raster, filter, re-classification and natural breakpoint classification algorithm, the most accurate range was obtained. This will help us better protect the peat dome and reduce emissions.
After completing the experiment and obtaining three different protection scopes, we need to provide corresponding policy references according to local conditions.
After completing the experiment and obtaining three different protection scopes, we need to provide corresponding policy references according to local conditions.