The role of paludiculture in drained peatlands and climate change mitigation Martial Bernoux Armine Avagyan, Maria Nuutinen, Kaisa Karttunen Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) Programme Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) NorBalWet side event, December 2
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The role of paludiculture in drained peatlands and climate
change mitigation Martial Bernoux
Armine Avagyan, Maria Nuutinen, Kaisa Karttunen
Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) Programme Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
NorBalWet side event, December 2
Outline
• Strategies to reduce GHG emissions from peatlands• FAO online collection of case studies on peatland
management practices• Paludiculture as an option of responsible management• FAO contributions in the field
Peatlands drainage leads to numerous negative consequences
Excluding fires, drained peatlands generate 10 % GHG emissions of the agriculture, forest and land use change (AFOLU) sector.
Implement adaptive management where rewetting is not possible.
Photo: Inken Preuss
There is a limited knowledge about existing climate-responsible practices which reduce GHG emissions, improve livelihood and adapt ecosystems to climate change.
FAO’s new online collection of case studies on peatlands management practices
Available at www.fao.org/climatechange/micca/89910/en
• Launched in June 2015 • 17 case studies from 9 countries
• livelihoods, • land subsidence, • greenhouse gas emissions, • water quality, • biodiversity and other ecosystem
services.
Objective: Share information about existing peatland management practices and assess their impacts on
Paludiculture - a potential practice of responsible management
Paludiculture practice - biomass cultivation on wet and rewetted peatlandsFor northern peatlands, at least 80 commercially promising species are identified (e.g. reed, Sphagnum) (FAO, 2014).• studies exist on the use of paludiculture species e.g. for construction materials
production and fuel.For tropical peatlands, at least 81 commercially viable non-timber forest product species are identified (e.g. swamp jelutung, illipe nut) (FAO, 2014).• screening and piloting is necessary for identification of socio-economic viable
options • additional livelihood diversification options are needed e.g. non-peat based