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Jan Sliva; sliva@weihenstephan.de
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A joint project of the IMCG and the International Peat Society
(cf. GAPP).
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Hans Joosten; joosten@mail.uni-greifswald.de
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France 2002: Philippe Julve; philippe.julve@wanadoo.fr
South-Africa 2004: Piet-Louis Grundling; peatland@mweb.co.za
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Hans Joosten; joosten@mail.uni-greifswald.de
John Couwenberg; joosten@mail.uni-greifswald.de
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Michael Trepel; mtrepel@ecology.uni-kiel.de
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Table 1: Problems that will be adressed by
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problems identified by the GAPP |
the IMCG European Mires Project will provide |
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the lack of knowledge of peatland resources, their ecological and biogeographic characteristics, distribution (actions 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7), and their carbon sink and store function (cf. Kyoto Protocol of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1.8) |
* for every European country: detailed information on peatland and mire distribution, specified to ecological and hydrogenetic types, their use and protection status, their conservational values from an international perspective, and their current peat and carbon volume |
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the internationally confusing multitude of peatland typologies and terminology (actions 1.1, 1.2) |
* for every country:an overview of peatland (related) terms and concepts in the national language(s) with a critical international overview (in english) of the compatibility of all these terms and concepts. This exercise is urgent for Europe, because of its many languages and the separated development of disciplines. Furthermore, Europe is the cradle of most world and all classic peatland languages. |
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the lack of adequate monitoring of status and trends in the peatland resource (GAPP actions 1.8, 1.9, 1.10) |
* for every country: detailed information on the former extent and current status of mires and peatlands (see a.) * a network of national peatland specialists that will monitor future national developments |
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the lack of explicit criteria for recognition of the special characteristics of peatlands leading to their designation as Wetlands of International Importance (GAPP action 3.4) |
* a set of criteria for identifying mires and peatlands of international conservation significance, tested by national and international experts in a biogeographically and politically highly diverse area: the whole of Europe |
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the lack of adequate national and international peatland policies, consistent with the character of natural resources wise use and management goals, including incomplete networks of protected peatland sites, insufficient Ramsar site coverage of peatlands etc. (GAPP actions 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5) |
* for every country: an overview of national policies with respect to peatland conservation * an overview of international policies and conventions related to peatland conservation * an identification of peatlands of international conservation importance based on objective criteria * for every country: a proposal of which peatlands prioritarily deserve a national and international conservation status |
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insufficient international exchange of expertise and technology with respect to peatland wise use, management, and restoration (GAPP actions 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.2, 6.3) |
* an intensive exchange of technology and policy expertise with respect to peatland ecology, conservation, management, and restoration within Europe and connected to the global expertise (see g.) |
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unsufficiently effective international peatland communication networks (GAPP actions 7.3, 7.4, 7.5) |
* an effective international mire conservation network strengthened in and expanded to all countries of Europe * an incorporation of this European network in global networks including the International Mire Conservation Group, Wetlands International, and the International Peat Society |
A complete European overview is urgently needed because of recent political (newly independent states, EU expansion) and economic changes (increasing peat flows from Eastern to Western Europe, effects of international agricultural policy etc.).
An important contribution to such an overview will be provided by the current Wetlands International Central European Peatland Project (WI-CEPP financed by the Dutch and Danish governments), with which strong organisational and personal connections are maintained. That project, focussing on 8 Central European countries, however, has to concentrate on the execution of concrete projects as a preparation for future GEF-funding, and can therefore not provide the necessary fundamental and integrated Europe wide overview.
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Coordination and information:
Hans Joosten; joosten@mail.uni-greifswald.de
John Couwenberg; joosten@mail.uni-greifswald.de
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A joint project with Wetlands International
The project has succefully published the report Strategy and Action Plan for Mire and Peatland Conservation in Central Europe
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Henk Zingstra; zingstra@wetlands.agro.nl
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Philippe Julve; philippe.julve@wanadoo.fr
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