Soil Carbon: Science, Management and Policy for Multiple Benefits 2014
DOI: 10.1079/9781780645322.0297
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Managing soil carbon in Europe: paludicultures as a new perspective for peatlands.

Abstract: Conventional peatland agriculture and forestry is based on drainage, which enhances peat oxidation, causes massive greenhouse gas emissions and eventually destroys the peatland subsistence base. In contrast, paludicultures use biomass from wet and rewetted peatlands under conditions that maintain the peat body, facilitate peat accumulation and provide the associated natural peatland ecosystem services. In the temperate, subtropical and tropical zones, i.e. those zones of the world where plant productivity is h… Show more

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“…Some level of consensus can be seen in the literature that subsurface drainage systems reduce erosion, although, depending on the local situation, they can have both reducing or enhancing effects on the hydrological flow components, nutrient and PPP losses, and greenhouse gas emissions (Blann et al, 2009;Holden, 2005). Other possible management alternatives to the renovation of drainage systems include the extensive use of cultures adapted to wet conditions or the complete renaturation of the sites (Joosten et al, 2015).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some level of consensus can be seen in the literature that subsurface drainage systems reduce erosion, although, depending on the local situation, they can have both reducing or enhancing effects on the hydrological flow components, nutrient and PPP losses, and greenhouse gas emissions (Blann et al, 2009;Holden, 2005). Other possible management alternatives to the renovation of drainage systems include the extensive use of cultures adapted to wet conditions or the complete renaturation of the sites (Joosten et al, 2015).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is called paludiculture (Latin 'palus': swamp) and defined as "the cultivation of biomass on wet and rewetted peatlands" (Wichtmann and Joosten 2007, p. 24). Since the beginning of the 2000s, the concept has been developed, tested in pilot projects and introduced into scientific discourse (for an overview e.g., Wichtmann et al 2016;Joosten et al 2014;Wichtmann and Joosten 2007). This made paludiculture, as an alternative to the unsustainable use of drained peatlands, visible.…”
Section: Policy Streammentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Regarding the question of the introduction of paludiculture on organic soils that are currently used for conventional agriculture, the policy community consists of a lot of different agricultural stakeholders. The conventional agriculture on peatlands is based on drainage, agriculture has a 'semi-desert' origin and heritage (Joosten 2014;Joosten et al 2014). However, in the current discussion on a CAP reform in Europe, COPA-COGECA-as the union of farmers' organizations and a highly influential interest group on a European level-endorses the introduction of paludiculture as an appropriate way to protect peatlands (Copa and Cogeca 2019).…”
Section: Value Acceptabilitymentioning
confidence: 99%