Paludiculture Newsletter 3|2024

General information and news on peatlands and paludiculture

25 years of paludiculture

A simple word for an entire concept - paludiculture was first mentioned in a publication in 1998. An idea as old as Methuselah and today an important game changer, according to its creator. At an anniversary celebration an entire network of paludiculture projects was founded. It is expected that paludiculture will continue its success story.

Global Peatland Map 2.0!

Now online: the Global Peatland Map, interactive, with several layers and free to download. Storymaps on peatlands on various continents will be added to this offer in the coming months.

What's the problem?

A new 209-page legal report comprehensively shows where the legal obstacles lie for the implementation of rewetting in Germany. And how they could be cleared out of the way...

Climate, water, biodiversity in peatlands and floodplains

"Peatland protection is of public interest" - twelve scientists refer to the sentence in the current coalition agreement in a position paper by the Leopoldina. They emphasize the urgent need for restoration to combat climate-impacting gases from land use.

New funding opportunity for agricultural machinery

Good news from the BMUV: The German Federal Ministry for Environment is supporting the purchase of equipment for the careful management of wet peatland soils with 100 million euros from the Action Plan on Nature-based Solutions for Climate and Biodiversity (Aktionsprogramm Natürlicher Klimaschutz/ANK).

Like people, only wetter

Curious human-peatland parallels in the new popular science book by Swantje Furtak and Prof Hans Joosten make it anything but a dry reading!

A project presented

Biochar Integration

Scientists say adding biochar to rewetted lowland peat soils could ensure paludiculture farming models are financially viable for farmers, boosting efforts to mitigate climate change.

News from other paludiculture projects

International Projects

Wet Horizons: Rewetting according to plan

Rewetted peatlands can compensate for the strongly fluctuating amounts of precipitation, but only if rewetting is done correctly and sustainably. The Wet Horizons project is investigating which criteria can be used to classify the urgency of rewetting.

German Projects

MOOSland: Peat moss harvest in the Hankhauser Moor

Great yield: the MOOSland project succeeded in harvesting over a thousand cubic metres of peat moss for high-quality growing media. A stress test for peat moss cultivators and the specialised machines from Dutch company Wellink Equipment.

Invitation: TyphaSubstrat presents results

The TyphaSubstrat project aimed to reduce the amount of peat in pressed pots for vegetable cultivation by at least 50%, primarily by using cattail as an admixture. The results show that it is possible. The researchers will present these at the final public event on 5th September 2024 in Darmstadt.

MOORuse: Final report with new findings

Replacing glass fibres with renewable raw materials from paludiculture could be possible in the future, according to the final report of the MOORuse project. It presents initial findings, but emphasises the need for further research...

Events

All current events are compiled in our online calendar.

Literature

Breznikar, A., Pönisch, D. L., Lorenz, M., Jurasinski,·G., Rehder, G. & Voss, M., 2024: Rewetting effects on nitrogen cycling and nutrient export from coastal peatlands to the Baltic Sea. Biogeochemistry DOI: 10.1007/s10533-024-01149-9

Ema, E.P., Mulyana, A., Adriani, D., Antoni, M., 2024: Perceptions of farmers regarding peatland restoration model of paludiculture in South Sumatra, Indonesia. Heritage and Sustainable Development, 6(1), pp.315-334. DOI: 10.37868/hsd.v6i1.418.

Gaudig, G., Prager, A., Krebs, M., 2024: How to promote Sphagnum lawn establishment in drained bogs: the role of water table and moss vitality. Mires and Peat, 31 (06), 22pp. DOI: 10.19189/MaP.2023.OMB.Sc.2305346

Giblett, R., 2024: Wetland Plants and Aboriginal Paludiculture in North-and South-Eastern Australia. Plant Perspectives, 1(1), pp.96-119. DOI: /10.3197/whppp.63845494909708.

Jaszczuk, I., Jablonska, E., Kozub, L., Tanneberger, F., Aggenbach, C., Seeber, E., van Diggelen, R., Kreyling, J., Silvennoinen, H.M. & Kotowski, W., 2024: Peat formation potential of temperate fens increases with hydrological stability. Science of The Total Environment 947: 174617. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174617

Kayatz, F., Kott, M., Tomei, L., Föllmer, M., Springer, A., 2024: Sustainable Packaging Solutions from Paludicultures: Potential and Challenges. SOFW Journal (English version), 150(5).

Quadra, G.R., Käärmelahti, S.A., Fritz, C., Temmink, R., 2024: Healing Peatlands to Protect Our Planet. Frontiers for Young Minds, 12. DOI: 10.3389/frym.2024.1124589.

Sanhueza, J.S., Gaudig, G., Krebs, M., Navarro, I.M. & Labbé, F.S., 2024: Turberas y cosecha de Sphagnum en la región de Aysén, Chile. Ciencia & Investigación Forestal. Vol. 30, 43-63. DOI: 10.52904/0718-4646.2024.606

Stivrins, N., Bikše, J., Jeskins, J., Ozola, I., 2024: Hands-On Approach to Foster Paludiculture Implementation and Carbon Certification on Extracted Peatland in Latvia. Land, 13(2), p.188. DOI: 10.3390/land13020188.

Theuerkauf, M., Nehring, E., Gillert, A., Bodien, P.M., Hein, M. & Urban, B., 2024: First automatic size measurements for the separation of dwarf birch and tree birch pollen in MIS 6 to MIS 1 records from Northern Germany. Ecology and Evolution, 14:e11510; DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1151

van den Berg, M., Gremmen, T.M., Vroom, R.J., van Huissteden, J., Boonman, J., van Huissteden, C.J., van der Velde, Y., Smolders, A.J., van de Riet, B.P., 2024: A case study on topsoil removal and rewetting for paludiculture: effect on biogeochemistry and greenhouse gas emissions from Typha latifolia, Typha angustifolia, and Azolla filiculoides. Biogeosciences, 21(11), pp.2669-2690. DOI:10.5194/bg-21-2669-2024.

 

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