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1. In yesterday’s thread, we travelled the grim & dark road that is peat extraction in Ireland. Today, something brighter & jam-packed with potential for the environment in general, & for the climate in particular.
Folks, let’s talk REWETTING & RESTORATION
1. In yesterday’s thread, we travelled the grim & dark road that is peat extraction in Ireland. Today, something brighter & jam-packed with potential for the environment in general, & for the climate in particular.
Folks, let’s talk REWETTING & RESTORATION
2. First, we need to define what we mean by #rewetting and #restoration as these terms are frequently used interchangeably and often incorrectly.
3. @IPCC_CH Wetlands Supplement describes #rewetting as the management act (e.g. drain blocking, bund construction etc.) that is carried out to permanently #restore all the functions of the pre-damaged peatland, e.g. water level, plant species, carbon cycling.
