Pros and Cons of Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Peatlands: Review of Possibilities

L Balode, K Bumbiere, V Sosars, K Valters… - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Peatlands can become valuable resources and greenhouse gas sinks through the use of
different management practices. Peatlands provide carbon sequestration; however, they are …

Knowledge in motion: temporal dynamics of wild food plant use in the Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian border region

J Prakofjewa, M Sartori, P Šarka, R Kalle… - Journal of Ethnobiology …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Understanding how Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) evolves over
time is crucial for fostering social and environmental responsibility. This study aims to …

[HTML][HTML] Trading wood for water and carbon in peatland forests? Rewetting is worth more than wood production

E Makrickas, M Manton, P Angelstam… - Journal of environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
While traditional forest management systems aim at maximizing timber production,
sustainable forest management focuses on the multiple benefits of entire forest landscapes …

[HTML][HTML] Developing a remote-sensing-based indicator for peat soil vertical displacement. A case study in the Biebrza Valley, Poland

P Ghezelayagh, R Oleszczuk, M Stachowicz, MR Eini… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Peatlands play a crucial role in carbon storage, but drainage and climate change-induced
hydrological changes drivers degrade peat soils, followed by negative vertical displacement …

Soil greenhouse gas emissions from drained and rewetted agricultural bare peat mesocosms are linked to geochemistry

CK Nielsen, L Elsgaard, U Jørgensen… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
In view of climate considerations regarding the management of peatlands, there is a need to
assess whether rewetting can mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and notably how …

[HTML][HTML] Rewetting impact on the hydrological function of a drained peatland in the boreal landscape

S Karimi, EM Hasselquist, S Salimi, J Järveoja… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
There is a growing interest in peatland restoration as a nature-based solution to mitigate
hydrological extremes. To counter the impacts of past peatland degradation and ongoing …

A Step from Vulnerability to Resilience: Restoring the Landscape Water-Storage Capacity of the Great Hungarian Plain—An Assessment and a Proposal

G Timár, G Jakab, B Székely - Land, 2024 - mdpi.com
The extreme drought in Europe in 2022 also hit hard the Great Hungarian Plain. In this short
overview article, we summarize the natural environmental conditions of the region and the …

Challenges and Solutions for Forest Biodiversity Conservation in Sweden: Assessment of Policy, Implementation Outputs, and Consequences

P Angelstam, T Bush, M Manton - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Swedish policies aim at conserving biological production, biodiversity, cultural heritage and
recreational assets. This requires compositionally and structurally functional networks of …

Hydraulic conductivity tests in the triaxial stress state: is peat an aquitard or an aquifer?

Ł Kaczmarek, M Grodzka-Łukaszewska, G Sinicyn… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
The characteristics of peat's are crucial for understanding natural processes and their
suitable shaping through the management of water relations. This study focused on the …

Detection and evaluation of anthropogenic impacts on natural forest ecosystems from long-term tree-ring observations

MI Bogachev, AA Grigoriev, NS Pyko, AN Gulin… - Forest Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic interventions lead to various direct and indirect impacts on natural
ecosystems that are often hindered by natural long-term variability, and thus their detection …