Published June 2024 | Version v1
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Rewetting of drained peatlands provides permanent and fast GHG mitigation

Description

Rewetting of previously drained agricultural peat soil coupled with continued cultivation in the form of paludiculture is not widely practiced, and experiments are needed to understand its environmental impacts.

In the INSURE project (INdicators for SUccessful carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas mitigation by REwetting cultivated peat soils) we measured GHG emissions and crop yields in rewetted agricultural fields.

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EJPSOIL_Policy_Brief_Rewetting of drained peatlands provides permanent and fast GHG mitigation_June_24.pdf