Peatland Restoration and Ecosystem Services Book [PDF] Download

• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• File Size : 31,6 Mb
• Release Date : 23 June 2016

An interdisciplinary book tackling the challenges of managing peatlands and their ecosystem services in the face of climate change.

• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• File Size : 45,7 Mb
• Release Date : 23 June 2016

Peatlands provide globally important ecosystem services through climate and water regulation or biodiversity conservation. While covering only 3% of the earth's surface, degrading peatlands are responsible for nearly a quarter of

• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• File Size : 47,8 Mb
• Release Date : 23 June 2016

Peatlands provide globally important ecosystem services through climate and water regulation or biodiversity conservation. While covering only 3% of the earth's surface, degrading peatlands are responsible for nearly a quarter of

• Publisher : Mitigation of Climate Change i
• File Size : 24,6 Mb
• Release Date : 20 May 2024

The aim of this guidebook is to support the reduction of GHG emissions from managed peatlands and present guidance for responsible management practices that can maintain peatlands ecosystem services while

• Publisher : Springer
• File Size : 49,9 Mb
• Release Date : 07 December 2015

This book is an excellent resource for scientists, political decision makers, and students interested in the impact of peatlands on climate change and ecosystem function, containing a plethora of recent

• Publisher : Routledge
• File Size : 25,8 Mb
• Release Date : 28 April 2020

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

• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• File Size : 47,7 Mb
• Release Date : 20 May 2024

• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• File Size : 28,7 Mb
• Release Date : 16 October 2006

This is the first truly ecosystem-oriented book on peatlands. It adopts an ecosystems approach to understanding the world's boreal peatlands. The focus is on biogeochemical patterns and processes, production, decomposition,

• Publisher : Routledge
• File Size : 37,9 Mb
• Release Date : 13 January 2009

The uplands are a crucial source of ecosystem services, such as water provision, carbon retention, maintenance of biodiversity, provision of recreation value and cultural heritage. This puts them in the

• Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
• File Size : 36,5 Mb
• Release Date : 01 March 2020

Integration of peatlands into land-use monitoring systems is central to the conservation of their carbon storage – be they conserved, degraded or restored. Healthy peatlands mitigate climate change, enhance adaptive capacity