Download or read book Natural Mire Hydrology in Restoration of Peatland Functions written by Elve Lode and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Peatland Restoration and Ecosystem Services written by Aletta Bonn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary book tackling the challenges of managing peatlands and their ecosystem services in the face of climate change.

Download or read book Global Peatland Restoration written by Hans Joosten and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tropical Peatland Eco management written by Mitsuru Osaki and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-04-09 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this "Tropical Peatland Eco-management" book, eco-management is new terminology as an abbreviation of "ecology-based management for natural capital enhancement". Key concept on this eco-management is derived from previous book: "Tropical Peatland Ecosystem"(Springer, 2015, eds. by M. Osaki and N. Tsuji). Based on this new concept, this book thoroughly examines tropical peatland eco-management for scientists, political decision makers, governmental officials, land managers, students, and NGO/NPOs who are interested in 1) what the impact of peatland on climate change and ecosystem function, 2) how the management of disturbed peatland, and 3) drawing global scale restoration mechanisms of peatland and wetland. In tropical peatland, a large amount of GHGs (carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide) is emitted due to the unappropriate development and inadequate management of peatland. The peatland ecosystems consist of the carbon–water complex, which is affected easily by the impact of human and climate change. Throughout much research of tropical peatland, the problems that result from development of tropical peatland are found to stem mainly from a lack of understanding of the complexities of this ecosystem and the fragility of the relationship between peat and forest and also between carbon and water. In past, almost all peatland development and management system have been generally designed on “water drainage system”. On the contrast of old system, an innovated eco- management is, here, proposed as “water irrigation system”, including water cycling and natural capital enhancement. Through this book readers will learn the advanced peatland eco-management, with more practical methods and procedure based on ecosystem knowledge.

Download or read book The Impact of Peatland Restoration Practice on Hydrological Functions in Tropical Environments written by Santosa Sandy Putra and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Conserving Bogs written by Rob E. Stoneman and published by Stationery Office Books (TSO). This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Boreal Peatland Ecosystems written by R.K. Wieder and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-10-16 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Restoration of Lakes Streams Floodplains and Bogs in Europe written by Martina Eiseltová and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-04-23 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite our growing awareness of the vital role they play in the global environment, wetlands remain among the most endangered ecosystems on Earth and are still being destroyed and degraded at an alarming rate. This much-needed publication, which includes contributions from leading researchers and practitioners, presents a holistic perspective on the restoration of wetland ecosystems such as shallow lakes, streams, floodplains and bogs. Through the use of carefully chosen case studies, the authors examine European wetland restoration projects from Scandinavia to Bulgaria and from Ireland to Belarus, focusing on the lessons they can teach to a new generation of conservationists. As well as reviewing the sum of current knowledge on the subject, the text is a store of practical know-how, covering a wide range of conservation approaches and techniques. It analyzes the major problems in the field and identifies key principles for achieving sustainability in wetland restoration. The topics covered include: • the role of wetlands in landscape functioning • human interference with natural processes such as water and matter cycles and energy dissipation • the impact of land use on global problems such as climate change, floods and droughts • the role played by diversity in wetland functioning The work shows that without sustainable land use over the totality of their catchment areas, and without cohesive inter-agency cooperation, individual restoration projects will have a short life span. The balance between scientific background and practical restoration makes this book a valuable resource for scientists as well as wetland managers, decision makers and land use planners, as well as students of ecology, nature conservation and environmental protection.

Download or read book The Biology of Peatlands 2e written by Håkan Rydin and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peatlands form important landscape elements in many parts of the world and play significant roles for biodiversity and global carbon balance. This new edition has been fully revised and updated, documenting the latest advances in areas such as microbial processes and relations between biological processes and hydrology. As well as thoroughly referencing the latest research, the authors expose a rich older literature where an immense repository of natural history has accumulated. The Biology of Peatlands starts with an overview of the main peatland types (marsh, swamp, fen, and bog), before examining the entire range of biota present (microbes, invertebrates, plants, and vertebrates), together with their specific adaptations to peatland habitats. Detailed coverage is devoted to the genus Sphagnum, the most important functional plant group in northern peatlands, although tropical and southern hemisphere peatlands are also covered. Throughout the book the interactions between organisms and environmental conditions (especially wetness, availability of oxygen, and pH) are emphasized, with chapters on the physical and chemical characteristics of peat, the role of peat as an archive of past vegetation and climate, and peatland succession and development. Several other key factors and processes are then examined, including hydrology and nutrient cycling. The fascinating peatland landforms in different parts of the world are described, together with theories on how they have developed. Human interactions with peatlands are considered in terms of management, conservation, and restoration. A final chapter, new to this edition, focuses on the role of peatlands as sources or sinks for the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane, and the influences of climate change on peatlands. This timely and accessible text is suitable for students and researchers of peatland ecology, as well as providing an authoritative overview for professional ecologists and conservation biologists.

Download or read book The Patterned Peatlands of Minnesota written by Herbert Edgar Wright and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mires and Peatlands in Europe written by Hans Joosten and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Towards Climate responsible Peatlands Management written by Riccardo Biancalani and published by Mitigation of Climate Change i. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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.

Download or read book Global Mire and Peatland Conservation written by North American Wetlands Conservation Council (Canada) and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Peatlands and Climate Change written by Maria Strack and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Tropical Peatlands written by Jack Rieley and published by Earthscan / James & James. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical peatlands are found mostly in South East Asia, but also in Africa and in Central and South America. They and peat-swamp forests store large amounts of carbon and their destruction, particularly through the development of plantations for oil palm and other forms of agriculture, releases large quantities of greenhouse gases which contribute to climate change. They are also complex and vulnerable ecosystems, home to great biodiversity and a number of endangered species such as the orang utan.The aim of this book is to introduce this little known but important and vulnerable ecosystem in a way that explains its long standing interaction with the global carbon cycle and how it is being destroyed by deforestation and inappropriate development. The authors describe the origin and formation of peat in the tropics, its current location, extent and amount of carbon stored in it, its biodiversity and natural resource functions and key ecological functions and processes. Appropriate hydrology is the key to the development and maintenance of peatlands and the unique aspects of tropical peatland water supply and management are also explored. In the same vein the nutrient dynamics and budgets of this ecosystem are explained in order to show how complex habitats can be maintained mainly by rainwater containing very low concentrations of essential chemical elements. Past and present impacts on tropical peatlands in SE Asia are discussed and the need for restoration and wise use highlighted. Finally, projections are made about the future of this ecosystem as a result of continuing human impacts and climate change.

Download or read book The Aftermath of Novel Peatland Restoration Following in Situ Oil and Gas Infrastructure Disturbances written by Meike Lemmer and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boreal peatlands in the Oil Sands regions of Alberta are subject to vast disturbances and pollution caused by the in situ oil and gas extraction industry. At the same time, peatlands are recognized as enormous carbon (C) storing ecosystems that need protection during times of enhanced greenhouse gas emissions and ongoing anthropogenically-caused global warming. Starting in 2015, the Alberta Government released new regulations that aim at the conservation and protection of peatlands following disturbance by in situ oil and gas infrastructure via the restoration of an "equivalent land capability". The obligatory ecological restoration aims at the reestablishment of primary peatland functions, such as peat accumulation and C sequestration. First trials to restore peatlands following in situ oil sands well pad disturbances started in the early 2000's and until this day little research on the success of the various restoration techniques has been done. The aim of this dissertation is therefore the evaluation of different peatland restoration techniques following in situ oil sands well pad disturbances, via the assessment of the restored peatland's vegetation communities and functions, in particular the peat accumulation potential and return of C sequestration. Three sub-objectives focussed on the development of peatland characteristic plant species, the plant organic matter production and decomposition, the biogeochemistry and carbon sequestration. The study took place seven to 10 years post-restoration. Research sites were two decommissioned in situ oil sands well pads located in the Peace River and Cold Lake Oil Sands regions in northern Alberta. For this study, we selected five restored peatland areas, one unrestored control area of an in situ well pad, and 28 undisturbed reference wetlands. The evaluation of the restoration techniques included the complete removal of the in situ well pad's construction materials (CR), the partial removal of the well pad's mineral fill to 15 cm (PR15) above the water table level (WTL), to 5 cm above the WTL (PR5), and to near the WTL of the adjacent undisturbed fen ecosystem (PR0). Revegetation happened either spontaneously via natural ingress or was managed by active planting of vascular species, in particular Carex aquatilis, Larix laricina, and Salix lutea. Throughout the two-year study period, we measured the abundance, diversity, and richness of emerging plant communities, the net primary productivity (NPP) and litter decay, as well as net ecosystem exchange (NEE) via carbon dioxide (CO2) exchange, and methane (CH4) emissions. Furthermore, we measured environmental factors, such as WTL, soil and water chemistry and nutrient concentrations. In CR, a shallow open water area had formed with mostly spontaneously colonizing floating aquatic species and marsh-like vegetation in the periphery. This type of vegetation was measured to be a C source, where CH4 was released via aerenchyma. Biomass production and peat accumulation was observed marginal, except in a floating brown moss carpet. As a result, CR was observed to have an enhanced global warming potential, due to the positive C balance, where more C was released to the atmosphere than was taken up by the pedosphere. At PR15 and PR5, which were subject to plant species introduction, we found the lowest species diversity and richness among restored peatlands. Too dry conditions, with low WTL below the surface, turned PR5 and PR15 into carbon sources with increased global warming potential, due to the release of CO2 to the atmosphere. High biomass production was neutralized by an equally high decay rate resulting in low peat accumulation potentials. There was a positive relationship between shrub cover and net carbon uptake. We observed PR0, which was spontaneously revegetated by natural migration of diaspores, to develop fen characteristic vegetation with the highest plant species diversity and richness compared to other restored areas. Either dominant bryophyte cover or shrub vegetation helped contribute to the greatest peat accumulation potential compared to the other study areas. The WTL at the surface was a significant factor for returning a C sink function in the same restored area. Results indicate that the benefit of the complete removal of a former in situ oil sands well pad is negligible, and that ecological peatland restoration can be achieved with the partial removal of the mineral fill. Also, hydrological connectivity to undisturbed adjacent fen ecosystems is the most important limiting factor for the development vegetation communities characteristic of peatlands and resume peat accumulation and C uptake. Furthermore, the physical proximity to the respective diaspore bank is believed to facilitate and accelerate spontaneous natural migration of diverse plant species even on a residual mineral soil. Active plant introduction did not prove to have significant effects on diversification and enrichment of peatland characteristic plant communities.

Download or read book Everglades written by Steve Davis and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 31 chapters provide a wealth of previously unpublished information, plus topic syntheses, for a wide range of ecological parameters. These include the physical driving forces that created and continue to shape the Everglades and patterns and processes of its flora and fauna. The book summarizes recent studies of the region's vegetation, alligators, wading birds, and endangered species such as the snail kite and Florida panther. This referee-reviewed volume is the product of collaboration among 58 international authors from 27 institutional affiliations over nearly five years. The book concludes with a synthesis of system-wide restoration hypotheses, as they apply to the Everglades, that represent the integration and a collective viewpoint from the preceding 30 chapters. Techniques and systems learned here can be applied to ecosystems around the world.