Wise Use of Mires and Peatlands
Author: Hans Joosten
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Published: 2002-01
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9789519774480
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Author: Hans Joosten
Publisher:
Published: 2002-01
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9789519774480
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Johannes Hendricus Josephus Joosten
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Published: 2001
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 522
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Riccardo Biancalani
Publisher: Mitigation of Climate Change i
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789251085462
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe aim of this guidebook is to support the reduction of GHG emissions from managed peatlands and present guidance for responsible management practices that can maintain peatlands ecosystem services while sustaining and improving local livelihoods. This guidebook also provides an overview of the present knowledge on peatlands, including their geographic distribution, ecological characteristics and socio-economic importance.
Author: R.K. Wieder
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2006-10-16
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 3540319131
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Author: Leon Etienne Parent
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2002-07-29
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 1000611256
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile organic soils have the potential to contribute greatly to agricultural production, the irreversible processes that occur from draining organic soils need to be managed with caution. The wise use of peatlands must include the avoidance of unacceptable ecological effects on the contiguous and global environment. Organic Soils and Peat Materials
Author: Shuqing An
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2019-07-04
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 3030148610
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume explores major wetland ecosystem services, such as climate cooling and water quality improvement, and discusses the recent wetland conservation and restoration activities in China and neighboring countries. The role of wetlands in either cooling or warming the climate is analyzed as the net balance between carbon sequestration and emissions of methane and nitrous oxide. Wetlands start off having a net warming effect on the climate but in time switch to net cooling. Further, they remove 40% of the N and P from run-off and groundwater flow in agricultural areas, but wetlands need to amount to 10% of the total catchment area to make a difference. Reflecting on the recent large investment in wetland ecological studies in China and neighboring countries, the book addresses invasive species in coastal wetlands as well as the protection and wise use of tidal flats around the Yellow Sea. It also presents promising regional case studies on wetland restoration. The book is intended for academics, students and practitioners in the field of wetland ecology, management and restoration, as well as consultants and professionals working in conservation, wise use and environmental policy.
Author: Hans Joosten
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Published: 2017-04-28
Total Pages: 780
ISBN-13: 9783510653836
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Author: Aletta Bonn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-06-23
Total Pages: 517
ISBN-13: 1107025184
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn interdisciplinary book tackling the challenges of managing peatlands and their ecosystem services in the face of climate change.
Author: Olivia Bragg
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9789058820181
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