Objective RECIPE is designed to provide information to assist conservationists and managers of peat extraction with options to restore peat accumulation and carbon (C) sequestration in peat land that has either been abandoned or designated for restoration. The objectives will identify combinations of water table, vegetation, microbiology and chemistry favourable to the reestablishment of peat land biodiversity and long-term regeneration. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the relationship between the development of microbial diversity and the processes governing C cycling. By achieving these objectives in the context of current management practices, RECIPE will provide guidelines for sustainable management that will reconcile peat use with the maintenance of biodiversity. The technological output from the project will be transferred to end users in the form of workshops, published papers, web-based information and printed guidelines. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementnatural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiology Programme(s) FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.4.-2. - Key action Global Change, Climate and Biodiversity Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator MACAULAY LAND USE RESEARCH INSTITUTE EU contribution No data Address Craigiebuckler AB15 8QH ABERDEEN United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address Campus de Beaulieu, Avenue du GTnTral Leclerc 263 35042 RENNES See on map Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address 1A, rue de la FTrollerie 45071 ORLEANS See on map Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address Route de Gray 16 25030 BESANCON See on map Total cost No data LIN'ECO, PH. GROSVERNIER Switzerland EU contribution No data Address 2732 RECONVILIER See on map Total cost No data SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR FOREST, SNOW AND LANDSCAPE RESEARCH Switzerland EU contribution No data Address c/o EPFL- Ecublens 1015 LAUSANNE See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSIT DE RENNES 1 France EU contribution No data Address .,Avenue du GTnTral Leclerc 263, Campus de Beaulieu 35042 RENNES See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITE HENRI POINCARE NANCY 1 France EU contribution No data Address 54506 VANDOEUVRE-LES-NANCY See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE United States EU contribution No data Address Providence Drive 3211 99 508 ANCHORAGE See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI Finland EU contribution No data Address 40B,Latokartanonkaari 7 00014 HELSINKI See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE-COMTÉ France EU contribution No data Address Place Leclerc 25030 BESANCON See on map Total cost No data