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.
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 Johannes Hendricus Josephus Joosten. This book was released on 2001. Wise Use of Mires and Peatlands available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Mires and Peatlands in Europe
Mires and Peatlands in Europe - 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 Mires and Peatlands in Europe write by Hans Joosten. This book was released on 2017-04-28. Mires and Peatlands in Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The European continent features an impressive variety of mires and peatlands. Polygon, palsa, and aapa mires, concentric and eccentric bogs, spring and percolation fens, coastal marshes, blanket bogs, saline fens, acid, alkaline, nutrient poor, nutrient rich: the peatlands of Europe represent unique ecosystem biodiversity and harbour a large treasure of flora and fauna typical of peat forming environments. Europe is also the continent with the longest history, the highest intensity, and the largest variety of peatland use, and as a consequence it has the highest proportion of degraded peatlands worldwide. Peatland science and technology developed in parallel to exploitation and it is therefore not surprising that almost all modern peatland terms and concepts originated and matured in Europe. Their massive degradation also kindled the desire to protect these beautiful landscapes, full of peculiar wildlife. In recent decades attention has widened to include additional vital ecosystem services that natural and restored peatlands provide. Already the first scientific book on peatlands (Schoockius 1658) contained a chapter on restoration. Yet, only now there is a rising awareness of the necessity to conserve and restore mires and peatlands in order to avoid adverse environmental and economic effects. This book provides - for the first time in history - a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of mires and peatlands in biogeographic Europe. Written by 134 authors, the book describes mire and peatland types, terms, extent, distribution, use, conservation, and restoration individually for each country and integrated for the entire continent. Complemented by a multitude of maps and photographs, the book offers an impressive and colourful journey, full of surprising historical context and fascinating details, while appreciating the core principles and unifying concepts of mire science.
Boreal Peatland Ecosystems
Boreal Peatland Ecosystems - 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 Boreal Peatland Ecosystems write by R.K. Wieder. This book was released on 2006-10-16. Boreal Peatland Ecosystems available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the first truly ecosystem-oriented book on peatlands. It adopts an ecosystems approach to understanding the world's boreal peatlands. The focus is on biogeochemical patterns and processes, production, decomposition, and peat accumulation, and it provides additional information on animal and fungal diversity. A recurring theme is the legacy of boreal peatlands as impressive accumulators of carbon as peat over millennia.
Peatlands and Climate in a Ramsar context
Peatlands and Climate in a Ramsar context - 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 and Climate in a Ramsar context write by Alexandra Barthelmes. This book was released on 2015-06-09. Peatlands and Climate in a Ramsar context available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
