Deforesting and Restoring Peat Bogs
Author | : Russell Anderson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Peat bog ecology |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Russell Anderson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Peat bog ecology |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Hans Joosten |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780957057234 |
Author | : Rob E. Stoneman |
Publisher | : Stationery Office Books (TSO) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Bog conservation |
ISBN | : 9780114958367 |
Bogs are fascinating landscapes for ecologists, climatologists, archaeologists, environmental historians and water managers. But many bogs have been damaged, and legislative protection - as 29 case studies demonstrate - is not enough to conserve the rest.
Author | : Russell Anderson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Peat bog ecology |
ISBN | : 9780855387969 |
Author | : Aletta Bonn |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 517 |
Release | : 2016-06-23 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1107025184 |
An interdisciplinary book tackling the challenges of managing peatlands and their ecosystem services in the face of climate change.
Author | : Bryan D. Wheeler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
This report is concerned largely with ombrotrophic peatlands (mires irrigated directly and more-or-less exclusively by precipitation inputs, ie., rain, snow, fog, etc.) and particularly with those known as raised bogs, although some consideration is also given to restoration of fen peat workings. The report provides guidance on the potential for the restoration of worked-out or damaged bogs to regenerate, maintain or increase their nature conservation value and on the possible approaches, practicality, and requirements that may be appropriate to facilitate this process. It provides background information and scientific advice for formulating and implementing restoration strategies for the after-use of currently worked or abandoned cut-over bogs.
Author | : Maria Strack |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Bog ecology |
ISBN | : |
The International Peat Society IPS established a joint IPS Working Group on Peatlands and Climate Change in the end of the year 2005. The Working Group's task was to compile information into a summary of available knowledge to help the IPS and other actors to understand the role of peatlands and peat within the current context of global climate change.
Author | : Ian D. Rotherham |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2020-04-28 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0429799527 |
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.
Author | : François Quinty |
Publisher | : [St. Albert, AB] : Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Peatland conservation |
ISBN | : 9780973301601 |
Author | : Mitsuru Osaki |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 633 |
Release | : 2015-12-07 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 4431556818 |
This book is an excellent resource for scientists, political decision makers, and students interested in the impact of peatlands on climate change and ecosystem function, containing a plethora of recent research results such as monitoring-sensing-modeling for carbon–water flux/storage, biodiversity and peatland management in tropical regions. It is estimated that more than 23 million hectares (62 %) of the total global tropical peatland area are located in Southeast Asia, in lowland or coastal areas of East Sumatra, Kalimantan, West Papua, Papua New Guinea, Brunei, Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak and Southeast Thailand. Tropical peatland has a vital carbon–water storage function and is host to a huge diversity of plant and animal species. Peatland ecosystems are extremely vulnerable to climate change and the impacts of human activities such as logging, drainage and conversion to agricultural land. In Southeast Asia, severe episodic droughts associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, in combination with over-drainage, forest degradation, and land-use changes, have caused widespread peatland fires and microbial peat oxidation. Indonesia's 20 Mha peatland area is estimated to include about 45–55 GtC of carbon stocks. As a result of land use and development, Indonesia is the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases (2–3 Gtons carbon dioxide equivalent per year), 80 % of which is due to deforestation and peatland loss. Thus, tropical peatlands are key ecosystems in terms of the carbon–water cycle and climate change.