[PDF] Deforesting And Restoring Peat Bogs eBook

Author : Rob E. Stoneman
Publisher : Stationery Office Books (TSO)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,66 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Bog conservation
ISBN : 9780114958367

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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 : Aletta Bonn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 24,50 MB
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107025184

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An interdisciplinary book tackling the challenges of managing peatlands and their ecosystem services in the face of climate change.

Author : Bryan D. Wheeler
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 20,16 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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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 :
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,36 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Bog ecology
ISBN :

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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
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 25,85 MB
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0429799527

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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.