Research Catalog

Title

Peatlands : guidance for climate change mitigation through conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use / Hans Joosten, Marja-Liisa Tapio-Biström & Susanna Tol (eds.)

Publication

[Rome] : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ; Wetlands International, 2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture Project.
• Joosten, Hans.
• Tapio-Biström, Marja-Liisa.
• Tol, Susanna.
• Wetlands International. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96058180

Description

[12], 100 p. : col. ill., col. maps; 30 cm.

Series Statement

Mitigation of climate change in agriculture series ; 5

Uniform Title

Mitigation of climate change in agriculture series ; 5.

Subjects

• Peatland ecology
• Peatlands
• Peatland conservation

Note

• "Migigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) Programme, October 2012"

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-100).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available in an electronic version.

Contents

Introduction -- Implementation. Keep wet peatlands wet: conservation -- Keep wet peatlands wet: paludiculture -- Rewetting and restoration of drained peatlands -- Adapted management of drained peatlands in productive use -- Hazard control on abandoned drained peatlands -- Conflicts and synergies -- Finance options. Reducing emissions from peatlands within the UNFCCC framework -- Climate initiatives for peatlands under the European Union -- Voluntary carbon market -- Global Environmental Facility (GEF) -- Policy recommendations to overcome obstacles to finance options -- MRV and practical solutions. What are peatlands and organic soils -- Recent reviews of peatland emissions -- IPCC guidance -- Guidance provided by the voluntary market -- Practical solutions for challenges -- Practical solutions for meeting REDD+ safeguard commitments in peatland areas -- Country-wide overview of opportunities. Southeast Asia: Indonesia and Malaysia -- European Union: Poland and the United Kingdom -- Eastern Europe: Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine -- Central Asia: China and Mongolia -- Africa: Congo Basin and Uganda -- Amazon Basin: Brazil, the Guyanas and Peru -- References.

ISBN

• 9789251073025
• 9251073023

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library