The Power of Nature-Based Solutions: How Peatlands Can Help Us to Achieve Key EU Sustainability Objectives

Resource type: 
Research
EU project stamp: 
No
Main entity: 
Greifswald University
Type of entity: 
Research centre/University
Key themes: 
Climate change
Disaster risk reduction
Peatlands
Restoration
Sustainable development
Sustainable management
Sustainable use
Water security
Wetlands
Societal challenges: 
Biodiversity Enhancement
Climate Resilience
New Economic Opportunities & Green Jobs and Participatory Planning and Governance
Water Management
Scope: 
Global
Description: 

This paper lists peatland rewetting as a Nature-based Solutions. It discusses the land use opportunities on rewetted peat soils. Furthermore, peatland rewetting together with carbon farming will provide win-win-options for various sectors such as: - Agriculture: Alternative income streams on marginal organic soils, soil protection, better social image, climate adaptation (reduction of risks of crop failures after heavy rains, floods, or droughts); - Society: Securing or creating additional employment in rural areas, regional recreation and tourism, identity, reduction of economic collateral damage caused by drainage; - Economy: Substitution of fossil resources (energy sources, mineral oil-based construction material, peat in horticulture) by renewable biomass materials from wet peatlands, bio-economy, sustainable food, and fodder production; - Environment: Support of wide-ranging ecosystem services such as climate, water, and biodiversity protection.

Date: 
2021
Journal: 
Advanced Sustainable Systems
Language: 
EN