Resources
By Amy Nelson
Select Publications by Dr. Dale Vitt
Wieder, R. Kelman, and Dale H. Vitt. (2006). Boreal peatland ecosystems. Berlin: Springer.
A Halsey, Linda & Vitt, Dale & Dennis Gignac, L. (2000). Sphagnum-dominated Peatlands in North America Since the Last Glacial Maximum: Their Occurrence and Extent. Bryologist. 103. 10.1639/0007-2745(2000)103[0334:SDPINA]2.0.CO;2.
Select Publications by Hans Joosten
Bonn, A., Allott, T., Evans, M., Joosten, H. & Stoneman, R. (eds.) (2016): Peatland restoration and ecosystem services: Science, policy and practice. Cambridge University Press/ British Ecological Society, Cambridge, 493 p.
Joosten, H. (2016): Box 2.3. Ecosystem services of peatlands. In: Wichtmann, W., Schröder, C. & Joosten, H. (eds.) (2016). Paludiculture – productive use of wet peatlands. Schweizerbart Science Publishers, Stuttgart, pp. 15-18.
Joosten, H. (2016): Changing paradigms in the history of tropical peatland research. In: Osaki, M. & Tsuji. N. (eds.): Tropical peatland ecosystems. Springer, Tokyo, pp. 33-48.
Joosten, H., Couwenberg, J. & von Unger, M. (2016): International carbon policies as a new driver for peatland restoration. In: Bonn, A., Allott, T., Evans, M., Joosten, H. & Stoneman, R. (eds.): Peatland restoration and ecosystem services: Science, policy and practice. Cambridge University Press/ British Ecological Society, Cambridge, pp. 291-313.
Wichtmann, W., Schröder, C. & Joosten, H. (eds.) (2016): Paludiculture – productive use of wet peatlands. Climate protection − biodiversity − regional economic benefits. Schweizerbart Science Publishers, Stuttgart, 272 p.
Muster, C., Gaudig, G., Krebs, M. & Joosten, H. (2015): Sphagnum farming: the promised land for peat bog species? Biodiversity and Conservation 24: 1989-2009.
Joosten, H., Dommain, R., Haberl, A., Peters, J., Silvius, M. & Wichtmann, W. (2012): 2. Implementation. In: Joosten, H., Tapio-Biström, M.-L. & Tol, S. (eds.): Peatlands – guidance for climate change mitigation by conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use. Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture Series 5. FAO, Rome, pp. 9-18.
Select Publications by Line Rochefort
Chimner, Rodney & J Cooper, David & Wurster, Frederic & Rochefort, Line. (2016). An overview of peatland restoration in North America: Where are we after 25 years?. Restoration Ecology. 10.1111/rec.12434.
González, Eduardo & Rochefort, Line & Boudreau, S & Poulin, Monique. (2014). Combining indicator species and key environmental and management factors to predict restoration success of degraded ecosystems. Ecological Indicators. 46. 156–166. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.06.016.
Graf, M., & Rochefort, L. (2016). A conceptual framework for ecosystem restoration applied to industrial peatlands. In A. Bonn, T. Allott, M. Evans, H. Joosten, & R. Stoneman (Eds.), Peatland Restoration and Ecosystem Services: Science, Policy and Practice (Ecological Reviews, pp. 192-212). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139177788.012)
Other Publications
International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG Newsletter)
News Articles
When bogs burn, the environment takes a hit (ScienceNews, March 2018)
Protecting peatlands, protecting the planet (UN Environment News and Stories, January 2018)
The mud that could save the world (Washington Post, December 2017)
Peatlands and Climate Change (IUCN Issues Brief, November 2017)
Is this popular gardening material bad for the planet? (Washington Post, May 2017)
World’s largest tropical peatland found in Congo basin (The Guardian, January 2017)
Web Sites
International Mire Conservation Group
International Peatland Society