Managing Peatland Ecosystem Services: Current UK Policy and Future Challenges in a Changing World

Reed, Mark; Thomson, Ken; Christie, Michael; Stringer, Lindsay C.; Quinn, Claire H.; Anderson, R.; Moxey, Andrew; Hubacek, Klaus

doi:10.1080/14702541.2011.616864

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“…Agroforestry practices require drainage on the water saturated in peat, resulted on drying peat and CO2 release in the atmosphere. Those triggered the widely spreading and frequent forest fires during the drought that degrades the entire ecosystem (Whitfield et al 2011). PSF is then considered sensitive to external perturbation, to temperature and precipitation changes (Cole et al 2015).…”

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Ecological Restoration in Protected Area of Peat Swamp Forest as an Effort to Build Socio-Ecological Resilience in Sebangau National Park Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Amalia¹

2018

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Peat forests are unique and sensitive ecosystems, have complex hydrological systems and bear important economic service functions. In Southeast Asian countries, peatland degradation has been increasingly severe in the last decade due to the exploitation of natural resources, which concerns the structure and function of the system. Ecological rehabilitation, including hydrological restoration, is believed to be useful for restoring the function of forest/peat swamp systems. Protection of critical areas in the form of National Park is also applied to reduce disturbance and further degradation of the area. A literature review is conducted to analyze the extent to which ecological restoration can achieve system resilience, especially socio-ecological resilience as a 'complex-adaptive system' using resilience concepts. The linkage between the ecological function of peat forest restoration by restoring hydrological systems, the diversity of flora and fauna, and enhancing social resilience with social networking and community livelihood is an important key in achieving resilience. Area Protection (in the form of National Park) needs to pay attention to interconnection systems in the "panarchy" model, not for system isolation, but directed to strengthening effective adaptation governance. The study of the selected Sebangau peatland forest in Central Kalimantan, which implemented hydrological restoration and post-Mega Rice Project (MRP) National Park to restore 85% of the damaged land. Sebangau peatland 'socio-ecological resilience' is assessed to increase after the restoration and determination of the national park, although peatland clearance still continues. Strengthening governance of national park and controlling on the main variables of peat and 'sustainable livelihood' is essential to improve resilience.

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Section: Literature Review 21 Psf System and Ecological Perturbamentioning

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Ecological Restoration in Protected Area of Peat Swamp Forest as an Effort to Build Socio-Ecological Resilience in Sebangau National Park Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Amalia¹

2018

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“…Scale is also an important factor in assessing threats to individual populations. Globally, peatland dragonflies tend to be of lower conservation priority (Clausnitzer et al ., 2009); however, peatland habitats can be locally threatened and are considered as priority habitats for conservation in the United Kingdom (Whitfield et al ., 2011). In these areas, peatland specialist species may thus potentially be of conservation concern (Elo et al ., 2015).…”

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White‐faced darter distribution is associated with coniferous forests in Great Britain

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Hardenberg

2020

Insect Conserv Diversity

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1. Understanding of dragonfly distributions is often geographically comprehensive but less so in ecological terms. 2. White-faced darter (Leucorhinnia dubia) is a lowland peatbog specialist dragonfly which has experienced population declines in Great Britain. White-faced darter is thought to rely on peat-rich pool complexes within woodland, but this has not yet been empirically tested. 3. We used dragonfly recording data collected by volunteers of the British Dragonfly Society from 2005 to 2018 to model habitat preference for white-faced darter using species distribution models across Great Britain and, with a more detailed landcover data set, specifically in the North of Scotland. 4. Across the whole of Great Britain, our models used the proportion of coniferous forest within 1 km as the most important predictor of habitat suitability but were not able to predict all current populations in England. 5. In the North of Scotland, our models were more successful and suggest that habitats characterised by native coniferous forest and areas with high potential evapotranspiration represent the most suitable habitat for white-faced darter. 6. We recommend that future white-faced darter monitoring should be expanded to include areas currently poorly surveyed but with high suitability in the North of Scotland. 7. Our results also suggest that white-faced darter management should concentrate on maintaining Sphagnum rich-pool complexes and the maintenance and restoration of native forests in which these pool complexes occur.

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“…Blanket bog is crucially important for conserving biodiversity and is a protected habitat under the EC Habitats Directive Annex 1 and included in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan as a Priority Habitat (Littlewood et al 2010). Because peatlands provide the ecosystem services of regulating climate, greenhouse gases, carbon and wild species diversity and supporting biodiversity (UK National Ecosystem Assessment 2011; Whitfield et al 2011), the UK Biodiversity Action Plan has a target for the restoration of peatlands, which, for Scotland, is around 600 000 hectares (see Holden, Chapman & Labadz 2004;O'Brien, Labadz & Butcher 2007). Of all the modes of peatland damage, afforestation changes peatlands the most, requiring drainage, ploughing and tree planting, thereby creating a completely new ecosystem.…”

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Can restoration of afforested peatland regulate pests and disease?

Gilbert

2013

Journal of Applied Ecology

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Summary1. Government policies are driving landscape-scale changes in land use to provide ecosystem services; but there may be unconsidered cascading effects. A major land use change targeted for regulating climate and biodiversity is peatland restoration. This will cause changes in vegetation and, potentially, keystone species such as large herbivores, which are the main hosts to Ixodes ricinus (L.) ticks, the most important vector of disease-causing pathogens in Europe.2. This study tested the impact of restoring peatlands from conifer forestry on Ixodes ricinus abundance and explored the likely mechanisms. Large-scale surveys of Ixodes ricinus, vertebrate herbivores and vegetation were conducted in adjacent areas of forest, bog and areas felled 5-13 years previously. 3. Questing tick abundance was greatest in forest and almost absent from blanket bog, with intermediate numbers in felled areas, where ticks were more abundant in young than in old felled areas. 4. The likely mechanisms for these variations in tick abundance were deer habitat preferences (bog was the least preferred habitat) and ground vegetation height or canopy cover, which are generally associated with alternative tick hosts and micro-climates that aid tick questing and survival. 5. Synthesis and applications. Felling conifer forest to restore peatlands could produce a dramatic decline in tick abundance throughout the restoration process, with implications for disease risk. Therefore, a further ecosystem service of peatlands in addition to climate, biodiversity and water regulation is regulating pests and disease. Deer management and procedures that speed up the restoration process are likely to enhance the effect during the intermediate stages.

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Managing Peatland Ecosystem Services: Current UK Policy and Future Challenges in a Changing World

Cited by 13 publications

References 40 publications

Ecological Restoration in Protected Area of Peat Swamp Forest as an Effort to Build Socio-Ecological Resilience in Sebangau National Park Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Ecological Restoration in Protected Area of Peat Swamp Forest as an Effort to Build Socio-Ecological Resilience in Sebangau National Park Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

White‐faced darter distribution is associated with coniferous forests in Great Britain

Can restoration of afforested peatland regulate pests and disease?

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