Reconciling commercial exploitation of peat with biodiversity in peatland ecosystems

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.

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

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

MACAULAY LAND USE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Address

Craigiebuckler
AB15 8QH Aberdeen
United Kingdom

Participants (10)

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

Address

Campus De Beaulieu, Avenue Du Gtntral Leclerc 263
35042 Rennes

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

Address

1A, Rue De La Ftrollerie
45071 Orleans

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

Address

Route De Gray 16
25030 Besancon

LIN'ECO, PH. GROSVERNIER

Switzerland

Address

2732 Reconvilier

SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR FOREST, SNOW AND LANDSCAPE RESEARCH

Switzerland

Address

C/o Epfl- Ecublens
1015 Lausanne

UNIVERSIT DE RENNES 1

France

Address

.,Avenue Du Gtntral Leclerc 263, Campus De Beaulieu
35042 Rennes

UNIVERSITE HENRI POINCARE NANCY 1

France

Address

54506 Vandoeuvre-les-nancy

UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE

United States

Address

Providence Drive 3211
99 508 Anchorage

UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI

Finland

Address

40B,latokartanonkaari 7
00014 Helsinki

UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE-COMTÉ

France

Address

Place Leclerc
25030 Besancon