Peatland Restoration Guide
Author | : Francois Quinty |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 21 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Peatland conservation |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Francois Quinty |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 21 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Peatland conservation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : François Quinty |
Publisher | : [St. Albert, AB] : Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Peatland conservation |
ISBN | : 9780973301601 |
Author | : Rob E. Stoneman |
Publisher | : Stationery Office Books (TSO) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Bog conservation |
ISBN | : 9780114958367 |
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 |
Total Pages | : 517 |
Release | : 2016-06-23 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1107025184 |
An interdisciplinary book tackling the challenges of managing peatlands and their ecosystem services in the face of climate change.
Author | : Ian D. Rotherham |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2020-04-28 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0429799527 |
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.
Author | : Edward Struzik |
Publisher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2021-10-12 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1642830801 |
In a world filled with breathtaking beauty, we have often overlooked the elusive magic of certain landscapes. A cloudy river flows into an Arctic wetland where sandhill cranes and muskoxen dwell. Further south, cypress branches hang low over dismal swamps. Places like these-collectively known as swamplands or peatlands-often go unnoticed for their ecological splendor. They are as globally significant as rainforests, yet, because of their reputation as wastelands, they are being systematically drained and degraded. Swamplands celebrates these wild places, as journalist Edward Struzik highlights the unappreciated struggle to save peatlands by scientists, conservationists, and landowners around the world. An ode to peaty landscapes in all their offbeat glory, the book is also a demand for awareness of the myriad threats they face. It inspires us to see the beauty and importance in these least likely of places. Our planet's survival might depend on it.
Author | : Stuart K. Allison |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 621 |
Release | : 2017-05-18 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 131741375X |
Ecological restoration is a rapidly evolving discipline that is engaged with developing both methodologies and strategies for repairing damaged and polluted ecosystems and environments. During the last decade the rapid pace of climate change coupled with continuing habitat destruction and the spread of non-native species to new habitats has forced restoration ecologists to re-evaluate their goals and the methods they use. This comprehensive handbook brings together an internationally respected group of established and rising experts in the field. The book begins with a description of current practices and the state of knowledge in particular areas of restoration, and then identifies new directions that will help the field achieve increasing levels of future success. Part I provides basic background about ecological and environmental restoration. Part II systematically reviews restoration in key ecosystem types located throughout the world. In Part III, management and policy issues are examined in detail, offering the first comprehensive treatment of policy relevance in the field, while Part IV looks to the future. Ultimately, good ecological restoration depends upon a combination of good science, policy, planning and outreach – all issues that are addressed in this unrivalled volume.
Author | : Nelson, C.R. |
Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2024-02-02 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9251384711 |
The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030 (hereafter “UN Decade”) aims to prevent, halt and reverse ecosystem degradation and recover biodiversity, and ecosystem integrity; enhance human health and well-being, including sustainable delivery of ecosystem goods and services; and mitigate climate change. To create a shared vision of ecosystem restoration, UN Decade partners, through a consultative process, launched ten principles for achieving the highest level of recovery possible through restoration projects. To facilitate application of these principles and thereby maximize restoration outcomes for nature and people, the Standards of practice to guide ecosystem restoration provide key recommendations for all phases of restoration projects. These recommendations are applicable to the broad array of restorative activities included as ecosystem restoration under the UN Decade, across all types of ecosystems (urban, production, cultural, semi-natural and natural) and restoration projects, from voluntary community member-led efforts to highly resourced, nationally funded projects.