Postcards for IMCG
We have produced a set of
six postcards to promote IMCG activities around the world. The
pictures on the postcards cover the most important themes for mire and
peatland conservation.
If you want to use the postcards in your work for IMCG, you can order them for free from Michael Trepel .
Just send an email with your postal address to Michael.
If you want to use the postcards in your work for IMCG, you can order them for free from Michael Trepel .
Just send an email with your postal address to Michael.
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| Valle de Andorra mire in Tierra del Fuego - Photo: Katja Köpke |
| The virgin mires of Tierra del Fuego are threatened by
peat extraction. To promote mire and peatland conservation in South
America, IMCG holds a field symposium in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina)
in November 2005. ww.imcg.net |
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| Männikjarve mire, Estonia - Photo: Michael Trepel |
| Peat is not renewable. Mires in Central Europe are
under pressure by an invading peat industry. IMCG advocates the wise
and sustainable use of peatlands. www.imcg.net |
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| Schoonspruit mire, South Africa - Photo: Piet-Lous Grundling |
| Mires and peatlands in South Africa hold important
fresh water resources. IMCG supports the wise use of tropical peatlands. www.imcg.net |
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| Selangor Peat Swamp Forest, Malaysia - Photo: Hans Joosten |
| Burning of peatlands in South East Asia boosts carbon
emissions, threatens rare species, and causes major health problems.
IMCG supports the conservation and wise use of tropical peatlands. www.imcg.net |
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| Palsa permafrost mire near Noyabrsk, W.-Siberia - Photo: Franziska Tanneberger |
| Permafrost peatlands are threatened by a changing
climate. IMCG supports the conservation and wise use of permafrost
peatlands. www.imcg.net |
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| Noyabrsk, (Siberia) - Photo: Michael Succow |
| Permafrost peatlands are threatened by a changing
climate. IMCG supports the conservation and wise use of permafrost
peatlands. www.imcg.net |
