Conserving Peatlands
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Conserving Peatlands
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Author : Lucy Parkyn
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1997
Conserving Peatlands written by Lucy Parkyn and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Nature categories.
Peatlands are a unique and fast-disappearing landscape. More and more countries are recognizing this situation and putting protective legislation into place. It is therefore important to understand all the processes and influences that are involved in sustaining the remaining examples of this fragile ecosystem. Addressing two key questions, why should peatlands be conserved and how should this conservation be achieved, this book brings together the leading workers in the area, whose contributions have been developed from the Peatlands Convention in Edinburgh. The book summarizes the current situation regarding peatlands and bogs and sets the agenda for their future survival. This work is important reading for all environmental scientists and practitioners working with peatlands and bogs. The book is also relevant to all government policy makers and voluntary bodies involved in sustaining biodiversity.
Peatlands Climate Change Mitigation And Biodiversity Conservation
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Author : Hans Joosten
language : en
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Release Date : 2015-04-27
Peatlands Climate Change Mitigation And Biodiversity Conservation written by Hans Joosten and has been published by Nordic Council of Ministers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-27 with categories.
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.
Peatland Restoration And Ecosystem Services
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Author : Aletta Bonn
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-06-23
Peatland Restoration And Ecosystem Services written by Aletta Bonn and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-23 with Business & Economics categories.
An interdisciplinary book tackling the challenges of managing peatlands and their ecosystem services in the face of climate change.
Peatlands
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Author : Ian D. Rotherham
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-04-28
Peatlands written by Ian D. Rotherham and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-28 with Nature categories.
This book provides an introduction to peatlands for the non-specialist student reader and for all those concerned about environmental protection, and is an essential guide to peatland history and heritage for scientists and enthusiasts. Peat is formed when vegetation partially decays in a waterlogged environment and occurs extensively throughout both temperate and tropical regions. Interest in peatlands is currently high due to the degradation of global peatlands which is disrupting hydrology and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. This book opens by explaining how peat is formed, its properties and worldwide distribution, and defines related terms such as mires, wetlands, bogs and marshes. There is discussion of the ecology and wildlife of peatlands as well as their ability to preserve pollen and organic remains as environmental archives. It also addresses the history, heritage and cultural exploitation of peat, extending back to pre-Roman times, and the degradation of peatlands over the centuries, particularly as a source of fuel but more recently for commercial horticulture. Other chapters discuss the ecosystem services delivered by peatlands, and how their destruction is contributing to biodiversity loss, flooding or drought, and climate change. Finally, the many current peatland restoration projects around the world are highlighted. Overall the book provides a wide-ranging but concise overview of peatlands from both a natural and social science perspective, and will be invaluable for students of ecology, geography, environmental studies and history.
Peatlands
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Author : Hans Joosten
language : en
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Release Date : 2012
Peatlands written by Hans Joosten and has been published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Business & Economics categories.
"Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) Programme, October 2012."
Conserving Peatlands
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Author : New Library Press.Net
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-06-01
Conserving Peatlands written by New Library Press.Net and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06-01 with categories.
Peatlands And Environmental Change
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Author : Dan Charman
language : en
Publisher: Wiley
Release Date : 2002-11-22
Peatlands And Environmental Change written by Dan Charman and has been published by Wiley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-22 with Science categories.
Due to an awareness of peatlands as a diminishing resource, peatland conservation and rehabilitation has become an important study area. Peatlands and Environmental Change offers a new approach by considering peatlands as a whole ecosystem, and thereby provides a better understanding of the importance and the consequences of the functioning of peatlands. Contents include: * Peat and peatlands * Peat landforms and structure * Peatland hydrology and ecology * Origins and pest initiation * Peat accumulation * The peatland archive: palaeoenvironmental evidence * Autogenic change * Allogenic change * Peatland - environmental feedbacks * Values, exploitation and human impacts * Conservation management and restoration
Peatlands And Climate In A Ramsar Context
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Author : Alexandra Barthelmes
language : en
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Release Date : 2015-06-09
Peatlands And Climate In A Ramsar Context written by Alexandra Barthelmes and has been published by Nordic Council of Ministers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-09 with categories.
Peatlands in the Nordic Baltic region and elsewhere in the world store large amounts of carbon and are at the same time important for conservation of biodiversity. Thus peatlands are space-effective carbon stocks, but when drained carbon and nitrogen are released as greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and as nitrate to the surface water, while methane will be released when rewetting. New knowledge reveals that one of the most efficient means to mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere are the restoration of drained peatlands by reestablish former high water tables on organic soils.This project on synergies between climate change mitigation and the restoration of peatlands has been conducted under a regional Ramsar initiative covering the Nordic and Baltic countries (NorBalWet), with support from the Nordic Council of Ministers. The report contains chapters on peatlands and their role in climate change mitigation, individual country chapters and the role of the Ramsar Convention.
Peatlands On National Forests Of The Northern Rocky Mountains
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Author : Steve Chadde
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Peatlands On National Forests Of The Northern Rocky Mountains written by Steve Chadde and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Peatland animals categories.
This overview of peatland ecology and conservation on National Forests in the Northern Rocky Mountains describes physical components, vegetation, vascular and nonvascular flora, and invertebrate fauna on peatlands. Detailed site descriptions for 58 peatlands in Idaho, Montana, and northeastern Washington are included.
Peatlands Climate Change Mitigation And Biodiversity Conservation
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