Peatlands, Economy and Conservation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Peatlands, Economy and Conservation write by M. G. C. Schouten. This book was released on 1990. Peatlands, Economy and Conservation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Contributions to the symposium "Peatlands in perspective", organised by WWF, Staatsbosbeheer, Natuurmonumenten and the Dutch Foundation for Conservation of Irish Bogs
Peatland Restoration and Ecosystem Services
Peatland Restoration and Ecosystem Services - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Peatland Restoration and Ecosystem Services write by Aletta Bonn. This book was released on 2016-06-23. Peatland Restoration and Ecosystem Services available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An interdisciplinary book tackling the challenges of managing peatlands and their ecosystem services in the face of climate change.
Peatlands
Peatlands - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Peatlands write by Ian D. Rotherham. This book was released on 2020-04-28. Peatlands available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Wise Use of Mires and Peatlands
Wise Use of Mires and Peatlands - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wise Use of Mires and Peatlands write by Hans Joosten. This book was released on 2002-01. Wise Use of Mires and Peatlands available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Peatlands, climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation
Peatlands, climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Peatlands, climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation write by Hans Joosten. This book was released on 2015-04-27. Peatlands, climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
