Towards climate-responsible peatlands management / Riccardo Biancalani and Armine Avagyan (editors)

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Acronyms and glossary of key terms.. Acknowledgements.. Executive summary.. Definitions.. Introduction.. Section 1.. Peatlands characterization and consequences of utilization.. 1. Peatland characterization.. 1.1 Peat definition.. 1.2 Peatland definition.. 1.3 Ecological context.. 1.4 Characteristics of peatland geochemistry.. 1.5 Characteristics of peatland hydrology.. 2. Contribution of drained organic soils to GHG emissions.. 3. Overview of types of peatlands.. 3.1 Tropical peatlands.. 3.2 Boreal and temperate peatlands.. 4. Mapping of Peatlands.. 4.1 State of the art of peatlands mapping.. 4.2 Comparison of different available maps.. 4.3 Priority actions for improved peatlands mapping.. 5. Utilization of peatlands and peat.. 5.1 Low-intensity use of peatlands.. 5.2 Intensive use of peatlands.. 6. Environmental impacts and consequences of utilizing peatlands.. 6.1 GHG emissions from drainage.. 6.2 Subsidence and flooding.. 6.3 Vegetation removal and deforestation.. 6.4 Main hazards related to the utilization and management of peatlands.. Section 2.. Improved management practices.. 7. Rewetting of drained peatlands.. 8. Croplands and paludicultures.. 9. Restoring degraded pastures.. 10. Forestry practices on peatlands.. 10.1 Northern peatlands.. 10.2 Possibilities for responsible peatlands management.. 11. Plantations in Southeast Asia.. 11.1 Plantations expansion and peatlands conversion.. 11.2 Urgent need for conservation and responsible use of peatlands.. 11.3 A paradigm shift in the use of peatlands.. 12. Aquaculture and tropical peatland fishery.. 13. Participatory and negotiated approach to responsible peatland management.. 13.1 Participatory identification and mapping of stakeholders.. 13.2 Promoting efforts to secure stakeholder natural resource tenure.. 13.3 Supporting sustainable natural resource governance through negotiation

Section 3.. Case studies of management practices.. 14. Smallholder sago farming on largely undrained peatland.. 15. Illipe nut plantation on undrained peatland.. 16. Biomass from reeds as a substitute for peat in energy production.. 17. Sphagnum farming for replacing peat in horticultural substrates.. 18. Peatland restoration and sustainable grazing in China.. 19. Rewetting drained forest in Southern Sweden.. References.. Annex.. Box 1.1 GHG emissions and waterborne carbon loss from peatlands.. Box 3.1 Mire formation.. Box 6.1 Methods to measure peatland GHG emissions and DOC loss.. Box 7.1 The Bord na Mona Bog restoration programme.. Box 8.1 Paludiculture plants for the temperate and boreal zones of the northern hemisphere.. Box 8.2 Research and development for biomass use from rewetted peatlands - Vorpommern Paludiculture Initiative.. Box 9.1 Rewetting alkaline fens with support of sustainable grazing in Germany.. Box 10.1 Paperbark tree in the Mekong Delta, Viet Nam.. Box 10.2 Utilizing non-timber forest products to conserve Indonesia's peat swamp forests.. Box 11.1 Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions for peatlands management.. Box 12.1 A lesson learned: the Mega Rice Project.. Box 13.1 Advances in peatlands management in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

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Peatlands are lands with a naturally accumulated peat layer at their surface. In their natural state, peatlands support a large range of habitats and provide a home for unique biodiversity. Even though peatlands extend over a relatively small portion of the earth's land surface, they hold a large pool of carbon. Along with storing large quantities of carbon, peatlands also play an important role in the retention, purification and release of water and in the mitigation of droughts and floods. When drained, peatlands become net sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Because of drainage, organic soils are currently the third-largest emitter of GHGs in the Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use sector. 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. eng

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