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Green Equals Green? The Divergent Policy Logics of Climate and Biodiversity Governance

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based instruments (MBIs) are increasingly promoted in international biodiversity and climate governance. This article argues that biodiversity policy has distinct dynamics and complexities that require approaches beyond economic instruments. By analyzing key concepts such as ecosystem services, biodiversity offsets, and MBIs, this study
Florian Zenglein
wiley   +1 more source

Preferences of Local People for the Use of Peatlands: the Case of the Richest Peatland Region in Finland

Ecology and Society, 2013
We analyze the potential for socioeconomically sustainable peatland use by investigating conflicting interests, revealing trade-offs that people are willing to accept, and studying whether opinions are dependent on socioeconomic and demographic factors ...
Anne Tolvanen, Artti Juutinen, Rauli Svento   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating annual soil carbon loss in agricultural peatland soils using a nitrogen budget approach. [PDF]

, 2015
Around the world, peatland degradation and soil subsidence is occurring where these soils have been converted to agriculture. Since initial drainage in the mid-1800s, continuous farming of such soils in the California Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (the ...
Horwath, William R, Kirk, Emilie R, Linquist, Bruce A, van Kessel, Chris   +3 more
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Sinking peatlands: Optimal control of subsidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Land subsidence threatens the living conditions of about 1.2 billion people worldwide in deltaic regions characterized by soft top soil. Economic activity in these areas requires lowering groundwater levels to keep the land sufficiently dry, which leaves future generations worse off by accelerating subsidence and increasing future costs.
Suphi Sen, Dewy Verhoeven, Hans‐Peter Weikard   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A global development and dynamics of peatland restoration: a bibliometric analysis

Ecological Indicators
Peatland ecosystems play a critical role in conservation of biodiversity and climate regulation, but face ongoing degradation from land-use change, mining, and infrastructure development.
Harsanto Mursyid, Ramli Ramadhan, Agung Irawan, Ronggo Sadono, Eka Tarwaca Susila Putra, Priyono Suryanto   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape and Hope in the Central Kalimantan Peatlands

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, agrarian state programs and corporate strategies seek to transform indigenous Ngaju Dayak into sedentary farmers. Focusing on the notion of transformation, the paper traces whether and how rural people can engage in struggles against structural injustices.
Anu Lounela
wiley   +1 more source

Peatland restoration in Sweden

, 2009
Regeneration and Wise Use of peatlands after peat harvesting is highlighted in Sweden. Two peatlands close to each other, Porla bog and West fen, in south-central Sweden were investigated before and up to nine years after re-wetting, in 1999 and 2000.
Lundin, Lars, Strömgren, Monika, Nilsson, Torbjörn, Lode, Elve, Jordan, Sabine   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Floristic variation in Sphagnum-dominated peatland communities of the Central Highlands, Victoria [PDF]

, 2013
The floristic composition of Sphagnum-dominated peatlands in the Central Highlands region of Victoria was surveyed (37º 25´ S; 145º 50´ E). NMDS ordination and cluster analysis divided the peatland sites into two broad groups with altitude being the most
Morgan, John W., Shannon, J.M.
core  

Synergistic use of peat and charred material in growing media – an option to reduce the pressure on peatlands? [PDF]

, 2017
Peat is used as a high quality substrate for growing media in horticulture. However, unsustainable peat extraction damages peatland ecosystems, which disappeared to a large extent in Central and South Europe. Furthermore, disturbed peatlands are becoming
Gasco, Gabriel, Glaser, Bruno, Kammann, Claudia, Kern, Jürgen, Knicker, Heike, Prasad, Munoo, Sakrabani, Ruben, Shanskiy, Merrit, Smidt, Geerd, Sohi, Saran, Steiner, Christoph, Tammeorg, Priit, Tiilikkala, Kari, Tuhkanen, Eeva-Maria   +13 more
core   +6 more sources

Untangling nutrient co‐regulation of ombrotrophic peatland development

Boreas, EarlyView.
Multi‐method (FTIR, FT‐NIR and TGA) approaches characterizing the organic peat constituents at Holcroft Moss reveal a record of switches that reflect broadly hydroclimate variability governing the decomposition patterns. There are periods, however, where hydroclimate does not fully explain the variability observed and instead changes appear linked to ...
Richard C. Chiverrell, Daniel N. Schillereff, Fiona E. Russell, Julie Valentine, Jason R. Kirby, David M. Wilkinson, John F. Boyle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source