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Scoping a national peatland monitoring framework

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cxc-a-working-paper-scoping-a-national-peatland-monitoring-framework-march-23.pdf (1.336Mb)
Date
03/2023
Author
Artz, Rebekka
Coyle, Mhairi
Donaldson-Selby, Gillian
Cooksley, Susan
Gimona, Alessandro
Pakeman, Robin
Hare, Matt
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Scotland is a peat-rich nation. Healthy peatlands deliver a wide range of ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration, carbon storage and a specialised biodiversity. Much of Scotland’s peat resource is damaged: eroding, drained or converted to other land uses. The Scottish Government has made a significant commitment to restore peatland areas that have been damaged. This paper explores how we can monitor success. Peatlands restored to a functioning ecosystem can better withstand a changing climate and also provide vital flood risk protection. It takes time for the benefits of restoration to take effect. Long-term monitoring is important to track this recovery and prompt intervention when necessary. Despite significant investment in peatland restoration we still have a lot to learn, particularly on the best techniques to use, and in understanding how long the process takes.
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https://hdl.handle.net/1842/40399

http://dx.doi.org/10.7488/era/3167

https://www.climatexchange.org.uk/media/5698/cxc-a-working-paper-scoping-a-national-peatland-monitoring-framework-march-23.pdf
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