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Title: Peat Restoration Manual
Date: 18-Apr-2008
Category: Peatland Management
Source/Author: Hans Joosten
Description: A manual for practitioners and resource managers

Introduction

The following document presents a science based and practical guide to peatland restoration for policy makers and site managers. The work has relevance to all peatlands of the world but focuses on the four core regions of the UNEP-GEF project “Integrated Management of Peatlands for Biodiversity and Climate Change”: Indonesia, China, Western Siberia, and Europe.
 
Chapter 1 “Characteristics, distribution, and types of peatlands” provides basic information on the characteristics, the distribution, and the most important types of mires and peatlands.
 
Chapter 2 “Functions & impacts of damage” explains peatland functions and values. The impact of different forms of damage on these functions is explained and the possibilities of their restoration are reviewed.

Chapter 3 "Planning for restoration" guides users through he process of objective setting. It gives assistance in questions of strategic and site management planning

Chapter 4 “Standard management approaches” describes techniques for practical peatland restoration that suit individual needs.

Unless otherwise indicated, all statements are referenced in the IPS/IMCG book on Wise Use of Mires and Peatlands (Joosten & Clarke 2002), that is available under http://www.imcg.net/docum/wise.htm
  

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