Into The Peatlands

Author : Robin A. Crawford
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781788851404

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Into the Peatlands by Robin A. Crawford Pdf

The peatlands of the Outer Hebrides are half land, half water. Their surface is a glorious tweed woven from tiny, living sphagnums rich in wildlife, but underneath is layer upon layer of dead mosses transforming into the peat. One can, with care, walk out onto them, but stop and you begin to sink into them. For time immemorial the peatlands have been places – for humans at least – of seasonal habitation but not of constant residence. In this book Robin A. Crawford explores the peatlands over the course of the year, explaining how they have come to be and examining how peat has been used from the Bronze Age onwards. In describing the seasonal processes of cutting, drying, stacking, storing and burning he reveals one of the key rhythms of island life, but his study goes well beyond this to include many other aspects, including the wildlife and folklore associated with these lonely, watery places. Widening his gaze to other peatlands in the country, he also reflects on the historical and cultural importance that peat has played, and continues to play – it is still used for fuel in many rural areas and plays an essential role in whisky-making – in the story of Scotland.

Author : Edward Struzik
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781642830804

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Swamplands by Edward Struzik Pdf

In a world filled with breathtaking beauty, we have often overlooked the elusive magic of certain landscapes. A cloudy river flows into an Arctic wetland where sandhill cranes and muskoxen dwell. Further south, cypress branches hang low over dismal swamps. Places like these-collectively known as swamplands or peatlands-often go unnoticed for their ecological splendor. They are as globally significant as rainforests, yet, because of their reputation as wastelands, they are being systematically drained and degraded. Swamplands celebrates these wild places, as journalist Edward Struzik highlights the unappreciated struggle to save peatlands by scientists, conservationists, and landowners around the world. An ode to peaty landscapes in all their offbeat glory, the book is also a demand for awareness of the myriad threats they face. It inspires us to see the beauty and importance in these least likely of places­. Our planet's survival might depend on it.

Author : Ian D. Rotherham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780429799525

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Peatlands by Ian D. Rotherham Pdf

This book provides an introduction to peatlands for the non-specialist student reader and for all those concerned about environmental protection, and is an essential guide to peatland history and heritage for scientists and enthusiasts. Peat is formed when vegetation partially decays in a waterlogged environment and occurs extensively throughout both temperate and tropical regions. Interest in peatlands is currently high due to the degradation of global peatlands which is disrupting hydrology and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. This book opens by explaining how peat is formed, its properties and worldwide distribution, and defines related terms such as mires, wetlands, bogs and marshes. There is discussion of the ecology and wildlife of peatlands as well as their ability to preserve pollen and organic remains as environmental archives. It also addresses the history, heritage and cultural exploitation of peat, extending back to pre-Roman times, and the degradation of peatlands over the centuries, particularly as a source of fuel but more recently for commercial horticulture. Other chapters discuss the ecosystem services delivered by peatlands, and how their destruction is contributing to biodiversity loss, flooding or drought, and climate change. Finally, the many current peatland restoration projects around the world are highlighted. Overall the book provides a wide-ranging but concise overview of peatlands from both a natural and social science perspective, and will be invaluable for students of ecology, geography, environmental studies and history.

Author : Howard Crum,Sandra Planisek
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0472063782

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A Focus on Peatlands and Peat Mosses by Howard Crum,Sandra Planisek Pdf

Examines the fens and bogs of the upper Midwest, with a taxonomic treatment of peat mosses

Author : Aletta Bonn,Tim Allott,Martin Evans,Rob Stoneman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107025189

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Peatland Restoration and Ecosystem Services by Aletta Bonn,Tim Allott,Martin Evans,Rob Stoneman Pdf

An interdisciplinary book tackling the challenges of managing peatlands and their ecosystem services in the face of climate change.

Author : Robin Crawford
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781788851404

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Into the Peatlands by Robin Crawford Pdf

A portrait of these Scottish wetlands: “Fascinating…makes you yearn for a sip of golden whisky whose barley malt has been smoked over a rich, peaty fire.” —Daily Mail The peatlands of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides are half land, half water. Their surface is a glorious tweed woven from tiny, living sphagnums rich in wildlife, but underneath are layer upon layer of dead mosses transforming into the peat. One can, with care, walk out onto them, but stop and you begin to sink into them. For time immemorial the peatlands have been places—for humans at least—of seasonal habitation but not of constant residence. In this book, Robin A. Crawford explores the peatlands over the course of the year, explaining how they have come to be and examining how peat has been used from the Bronze Age onwards. In describing the seasonal processes of cutting, drying, stacking, storing, and burning, he reveals one of the key rhythms of island life, but his study goes well beyond this to include many other aspects, including the wildlife and folklore associated with these lonely, watery places. Widening his gaze to other peatlands in the country, he also reflects on the historical and cultural importance that peat has played, and continues to play—it is still used for fuel in many rural areas and plays an essential role in whisky-making—in the story of Scotland.

Author : Hans Joosten,Donal Clarke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01
Category : Bog ecology
ISBN : 9519774483

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Wise Use of Mires and Peatlands by Hans Joosten,Donal Clarke Pdf

Author : Clifton Bain
Publisher : Sandstone Press Ltd
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-02
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781914518157

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The Peatlands of Britain and Ireland by Clifton Bain Pdf

Clifton Bain now completes his trilogy with this look at the Peatlands of Britain and Ireland. A source of fuel for many generations, they are now a haven for wildlife and plants as well as a storehouse of greenhouse gasses. Their social history is one of exploitation and the value of mending and restoring is a major theme of the book. Like its predecessors, The Peatlands of Britain and Ireland will be a sumptuous volume richly illustrated with photographs and with drawings by the wildlife artist Darren Rees.

Author : Bülent Topcuoğlu,Metin Turan
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781789237467

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Peat by Bülent Topcuoğlu,Metin Turan Pdf

Peatlands are formed in limited areas and have significant effects on our planet. As a result of their use peatlands are continually shrinking on a daily basis. This edited book, Peat, is intended to provide an overview of different perspectives of peat material in relevant disciplines. We hope that this book will contribute to the expectations and needs of all relevant disciplines that share their findings for future research.

Author : R.K. Wieder,D.H. Vitt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540319139

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Boreal Peatland Ecosystems by R.K. Wieder,D.H. Vitt Pdf

This is the first truly ecosystem-oriented book on peatlands. It adopts an ecosystems approach to understanding the world's boreal peatlands. The focus is on biogeochemical patterns and processes, production, decomposition, and peat accumulation, and it provides additional information on animal and fungal diversity. A recurring theme is the legacy of boreal peatlands as impressive accumulators of carbon as peat over millennia.

Author : Hans Joosten,Franziska Tanneberger,Asbjorn Moen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Bog conservation
ISBN : 3510653831

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Mires and Peatlands in Europe by Hans Joosten,Franziska Tanneberger,Asbjorn Moen Pdf

The European continent features an impressive variety of mires and peatlands. Polygon, palsa, and aapa mires, concentric and eccentric bogs, spring and percolation fens, coastal marshes, blanket bogs, saline fens, acid, alkaline, nutrient poor, nutrient rich: the peatlands of Europe represent unique ecosystem biodiversity and harbour a large treasure of flora and fauna typical of peat forming environments. Europe is also the continent with the longest history, the highest intensity, and the largest variety of peatland use, and as a consequence it has the highest proportion of degraded peatlands worldwide. Peatland science and technology developed in parallel to exploitation and it is therefore not surprising that almost all modern peatland terms and concepts originated and matured in Europe. Their massive degradation also kindled the desire to protect these beautiful landscapes, full of peculiar wildlife. In recent decades attention has widened to include additional vital ecosystem services that natural and restored peatlands provide. Already the first scientific book on peatlands (Schoockius 1658) contained a chapter on restoration. Yet, only now there is a rising awareness of the necessity to conserve and restore mires and peatlands in order to avoid adverse environmental and economic effects. This book provides - for the first time in history - a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of mires and peatlands in biogeographic Europe. Written by 134 authors, the book describes mire and peatland types, terms, extent, distribution, use, conservation, and restoration individually for each country and integrated for the entire continent. Complemented by a multitude of maps and photographs, the book offers an impressive and colourful journey, full of surprising historical context and fascinating details, while appreciating the core principles and unifying concepts of mire science.

Author : Kosuke Mizuno,Motoko S. Fujita,Shuichi Kawai
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789814722094

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Catastrophe and Regeneration in Indonesia’s Peatlands by Kosuke Mizuno,Motoko S. Fujita,Shuichi Kawai Pdf

The serious degradation of the vast peatlands of Indonesia since the 1990s is the proximate cause of the haze that endangers public health in Indonesian Sumatra and Borneo, and also in neighbouring Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Moreover peatlands that have been drained and cleared for plantations are a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. This new book explains the degradation of peat soils and outlines a potential course of action to deal with the catastrophe looming over the region. Concerted action will be required to reduce peatland fires, and a successful policy needs to enhance social welfare and economic survival, support natural conservation and provide a return on investment if there is to be a sustainable society in the peatlands. This book argues that regeneration is possible through a new policy of people’s forestry that includes reforestation and rewetting peat soils. The data come from a major long-term research effort—the humanosphere project—that coordinates work done by researchers from the physical, natural and human or social sciences.

Author : Donald S. Murray
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472942784

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The Dark Stuff by Donald S. Murray Pdf

Donald S. Murray spent much of his childhood either playing or working on the moor, chasing sheep across empty acres and cutting and gathering peat for fuel. The Dark Stuff is an examination of how this landscape affected him and others. Donald explores his early life on the Isle of Lewis together with the experiences of those who lived near moors much further afield, from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland to the Netherlands, Germany, Ireland and even Australia. Examining this environment in all its roles and guises, Donald reflects on the ways that for centuries humans have represented the moor in literature, art and folktale, and he reveals how in some countries, these habitats remain an essential aspect of their industrial heritage and working life today. On his journey, Donald confronts the unexpected – how Europe's peatlands are part of the dark heart of that continent, playing a crucial role in the history of crime and punishment in several countries. He also examines our current perception of moorland, asking how – for the sake, perhaps, of our planet's survival – we can learn to love a landscape we have all too often in our history denigrated, feared and despised.

Author : Ronald B. Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Bogs
ISBN : 1611687934

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Bogs & Fens by Ronald B. Davis Pdf

The definitive guide to the flora of northeastern bogs and fens

Author : Mitsuru Osaki,Nobuyuki Tsuji
Publisher : Springer
Page : 651 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431556817

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Tropical Peatland Ecosystems by Mitsuru Osaki,Nobuyuki Tsuji Pdf

This book is an excellent resource for scientists, political decision makers, and students interested in the impact of peatlands on climate change and ecosystem function, containing a plethora of recent research results such as monitoring-sensing-modeling for carbon–water flux/storage, biodiversity and peatland management in tropical regions. It is estimated that more than 23 million hectares (62 %) of the total global tropical peatland area are located in Southeast Asia, in lowland or coastal areas of East Sumatra, Kalimantan, West Papua, Papua New Guinea, Brunei, Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak and Southeast Thailand. Tropical peatland has a vital carbon–water storage function and is host to a huge diversity of plant and animal species. Peatland ecosystems are extremely vulnerable to climate change and the impacts of human activities such as logging, drainage and conversion to agricultural land. In Southeast Asia, severe episodic droughts associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, in combination with over-drainage, forest degradation, and land-use changes, have caused widespread peatland fires and microbial peat oxidation. Indonesia's 20 Mha peatland area is estimated to include about 45–55 GtC of carbon stocks. As a result of land use and development, Indonesia is the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases (2–3 Gtons carbon dioxide equivalent per year), 80 % of which is due to deforestation and peatland loss. Thus, tropical peatlands are key ecosystems in terms of the carbon–water cycle and climate change.