water and peatland forests - ramsar...forests and water water and peatland forests ramsar convention...
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Forests and Water
Water and Peatland Forests
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Tobias Salathé (incl. information by Hans Joosten, Greifswald Mire Centre)
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wetlands = water-related ecosystems
peatlands = wetlands with peat
peat forms where waterlogged conditions prevent the complete decomposition of dead plant material
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peatlands - areas with a naturally accumulated layer of dead organic material - are often forested (paludified and cloud forests, elfin woodlands, paramos, mangroves) - many forests grow - or: are grown - on peatlands
peat
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peatlands cover 3% of the world’s land area and store >550 Gt carbon = 2 x more than stored in forests
peatlands are the largest long-term terrestrial carbon store: 3.5 x more than other ecosystems in the Arctic zone 7 x more in the Boreal zone 10 x more in the humid Tropics
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peatlands store more carbon, largely in their soil:
forested peatlands and forests on peat store added carbon in the vegetation
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forest plantations on drained peatlands change the situation:
peat soil drainage results in GHG emissions (CO2 N2O) - plus CH4 from ditches
degraded peatlands create peat oxidation with CO2 emissions
including peat fires, this represents 5% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions (forest degradation and destruction represents 10%)
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drained peatlands …
… store no longer water: > no downstream flood mitigation > no continuous supply of clean water throughout the year (including during drought periods)
dried peat soil erodes (wind) and shrinks (subsidence, lowering further the water table)
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Palm oil can grow and produce well on peat plantations (and farming) on dried peatlands are not sustainable
Marcel Silvius
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but keeping peatland forests wet, will …
reduce greenhouse gas emissions
keep carbon stored in the soil where it is
maintain water storage and purifying functions
support and conserve biodiversity in the area
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however deforestation, drainage and degradation of forests and peatlands - at large scale - go often hand in hand …
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an opportunity to cooperate for Water, Wetlands and Forests
limit drainage, degradation and deforestation of peatland forests (LULUCF)
re-wet drained peatland forests (REDD+)
support habitat and biodiversity restoration (CBD)
use Ramsar’s “wise use concept” as a bridge