Mires, taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and producing large amounts of organic material, are a huge carbon storage. As a result of human activities, the degraded mires or peatlands create significant carbon dioxide CO2 emissions, that’s why, their re-cultivation is very important. Methodology will be validated in the project that will allow to identify a number of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the degraded peatlands in Latvia and recommendations will be developed as the decision support tool for a sustainable management of the degraded peatlands, balancing renewing of biodiversity, economic potential and reduction of GHG emissions, mitigation of negative climate changes in the long term. One of the tasks of the project is to create a list and a database of the degraded peatlands, to develop an optimization model of the use of the degraded peatland areas, as well as to provide support to policy makers.
Project implementation: year 2015 – 2019
Contact information:
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