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| Provedor de dados: |
31
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Reshaping agricultural peatland use climate friendly in selected German regions
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| Autores: |
Schaller, Lena
Kantelhardt, Jochen
Hübner, Rico
Freibauer, Annette
Droesler, Matthias
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| Data: |
2009-06-25
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| Ano: |
2009
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| Palavras-chave: |
Agricultural peatland use
Reduction of greenhouse gases
Farm survey
Economic consequences
Environmental Economics and Policy
Farm Management
Land Economics/Use
Production Economics
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
Q24
Q54
R58
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| Resumo: |
About 30 percent of the world’s soil carbon is stored in peat soils. Peatland’s functional principle of carbon storage greatly depends on management strategies. Therefore agricultural peatland use becomes a focal point of interest in the current debate on climate protection. Agricultural management demands a drawdown of the water-level that causes aerobe degradation of the soils, as well as trace-gas emissions which have a negative impact on greenhouse-gas balance. Climate-friendly peatland management strategies, however, demand enhanced groundwater tables and decreased land-use intensity. Against this background we analyse ways of re-organising agricultural peatland use within a case study located in Germany, where intensive peatland use accounts for 2.3 – 4.5% of the country’s overall greenhouse-gas emission. In order to cover all possible socio-economic and natural conditions, the study takes place in six representative regions. To analyse the micro-economic effects of re-organising peatland use, network analysis, stakeholder workshops and extensive farm surveys were carried out. First results indicate that a re-organisation of peatland use causes severe loss of agricultural income and necessitates financial compensation for farmers. However the results also show that the potential of rearrangement varies significantly according to regional conditions.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/51547
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| Relação: |
International Association of Agricultural Economists>2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China
Contributed Paper
447
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| Formato: |
14
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