Book Description
An interdisciplinary book tackling the challenges of managing peatlands and their ecosystem services in the face of climate change.
Author : Aletta Bonn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 13,63 MB
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107025184
An interdisciplinary book tackling the challenges of managing peatlands and their ecosystem services in the face of climate change.
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Page : 18 pages
File Size : 49,69 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Peat
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Author : National Water and Soil Conservation Organisation (N.Z.)
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 17,57 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Peat
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Publisher :
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 39,18 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Peat
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Author : Minnesota. Division of Minerals
Publisher :
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 25,55 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Peat
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Author : Franziska Tanneberger
Publisher :
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 24,30 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Peat
ISBN : 9783510652716
"Drained peatlands account for only 0.3% of the global land area. At the same time, drained peatlands are the source of a disproportional 6% of total anthropogenic CO2-emissions; a problem that needs to be addressed. The 'hotspots' are well known: Southeast Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, parts of the United States and Northeast China. The solution is obvious: Restore high water levels in peatlands. But many questions remain. How does rewetting affect greenhouse gas fluxes? What about methane? Are the emissions measurable, reportable and verifiable? Are emission reductions from peatland rewetting creditable towards Kyoto Protocol commitments? Can they be sold on the voluntary carbon market? How does rewetting influence biodiversity? And, may rewetted peatlands still be used productively? Belarus ranks 8th among the world's countries in terms of peatland CO2 emissions and occupies 3rd place in CO2-emissions per unit land area. In recent years, tens of thousands of hectares of drained peatlands in Belarus have been rewetted. This volume provides a synthesis of the challenges encountered and solutions adopted in a pilot project conducted in Belarus between 2008 and 2011. It presents data and conclusions from the project and relates basic principles to advanced applications, integrating science and politics, ecology and economy. The experiences and recommendations for peatland restoration set forth in this volume will inspire practitioners, land-use planners, scientists and politicians alike."--Publisher's description.
Author : Hans Joosten
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 21,80 MB
Release : 2015-04-27
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ISBN : 9289341696
Did you know that • peatlands hold more carbon than all forests of the world combined? • drained peatlands are responsible for 25% of total CO2 emissions in the Nordic and Baltic countries? • rewetting of peatlands substantially reduces these emissions? This policy brief pleads for increased commitments to conserving and rewetting peatlands; for abolishing regulations that drive peatland drainage; for changing drained peatland use to paludicultures; and for setting up good practice demonstration projects. It stresses the need for better communicating the benefits of wet peatlands and the costs arising from damaged ones. Finally it highlights the role of peatland rewetting and restoration in reaching national and international policy targets for climate change mitigation, water quality improvement and biodiversity conservation.
Author : Clifton BAIN
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 17,87 MB
Release : 2021-11-04
Category :
ISBN : 9781912240241
Completing his trilogy, with this look at the Peatlands of Britain and Ireland, Clifton Bain explores their social history and the value of protecting this natural resource.
Author : United States. Federal Trade Commission
Publisher :
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 49,1 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Competition, Unfair
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Author : The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 30,96 MB
Release : 2020-03-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9251322953
Integration of peatlands into land-use monitoring systems is central to the conservation of their carbon storage – be they conserved, degraded or restored. Healthy peatlands mitigate climate change, enhance adaptive capacity and maintain ecosystem services and biodiversity. Albeit peatlands are starting to receive a high level of attention and the scientific basis for their monitoring has quickly developed over the last few years. Robust and practical approaches and tools for developing and integrating peatland-monitoring into national monitoring and reporting frameworks is an important opportunity for countries to limit global warming to 2 °C.