Comparison of the Economic and Environmental Sustainability for Different Peatland Strategies DOI Creative Commons
Lauma Balode, Dagnija Blumberga

Land, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(4), P. 518 - 518

Published: April 14, 2024

Previous studies of the literature show that there are great uncertainties regarding costs and gains for peatland restoration strategies monetary estimation possible alternatives can be complicated. The research aims to compare economic benefits existing alternative use peat peatlands. A core method evaluation aspects each strategy used is composite index method. Information constructing based on data from scientific literature, reports, local project studies. In study, strategies, extraction, in products were mutually compared with strategies. highest among was production insulation boards cultivation paludicultures using cattail or sphagnum farming. Cultivation an economically viable if evaluated. make landowners farmers, solutions reduction necessary initial investments should sought. Harvested biomass high-added-value products, this case, (Typha). Therefore, as valuable resource, raw material board obtained without extraction peat. Also, ecosystem services potential income not reduced.

Language: Английский

Hydrological response to future changes in climate and land use/land cover in the Hanjiang River Basin DOI
Yang Liu,

Yanqi Xu,

Qian Cao

et al.

Natural Hazards, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 3, 2024

Language: Английский

Citations

2

Plant-Soil Carbon Storage in Dynamic Succession of Ecological Restoration in National Grassland Natural Park DOI Open Access
Junfang Wang, Guodong Han, Zhaoming Wang

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(22), P. 15837 - 15837

Published: Nov. 10, 2023

Ecological restoration has a positive impact on global climate change. How plant-soil stores carbon in degraded grassland ecological requires long-term monitoring and support. To reveal the dynamics of storage succession process restoration, compare effects artificial interference natural determine change biodiversity vegetation soil storage, we conducted study National Grassland Natural Park, which is located southern foot Yinshan Mountains Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China. Based long chronosequences (2012–2022), using space-for-time substitution approach one-way ANOVA tests, Pearson correlation structural equation modeling were used to investigate interactions among these various factors. The results indicated that aboveground first increased, then, decreased with time. underground root at 0–10 cm 20–30 then decreased, finally, stabilized. highest (0–30 cm) was 102.11 t/ha 2013, accounted for 96.61% total organic storage. Shannon–Wiener index, individual number species, surface (0–10 significantly increased (p < 0.05). Compared over seven years 0–30 Consequently, combining can help establishing more stable ecosystem faster increasing ecosystem. It an effective management measure promote arid areas. Also, (MAT, MAP) closely correlated

Language: Английский

Citations

4

Differentiating Historical Open Forests and Current Closed Forests of the Coastal Plain, Southeastern USA DOI Open Access

Robert Tatina,

Brice B. Hanberry, John Willis

et al.

Forests, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(3), P. 532 - 532

Published: March 13, 2024

The southeastern United States was historically characterized by open forests featuring fire-adapted species before land-use change. We compared tree composition and densities of historical surveys (1802 to 1841) contemporary surveys, with the application a similarity metric, in Coastal Plain ecological province Mississippi, USA. detected boundary between pine oak-pine differentiated current forests. In Plain, converted from fire-tolerant longleaf (Pinus palustris) dominance, pines comprising 88% all trees, loblolly taeda) slash (P. elliottii) within monocultures (45% trees). Wetland successional increased 33% trees. Contemporary have greater densities, transitioning closed woodlands (range 168 268 trees ha−1) (336 ha−1). ecotonal northern pine-oak woodlands, component shifted over space 34% due oak component. Fire-tolerant shortleaf dominance planted (52% trees), while (20% Historical represented 144 204 but developed into (400 differed more than each other, demonstrating unique ecosystems landscape-scale homogenization through forestation.

Language: Английский

Citations

1

Spring Manure and Biosolid Compost Additions Affect Soil, Vegetation, and Microbial Characteristic in Dry Rangelands DOI Creative Commons
Julie Bethany, Steve Kutos, Kristen Oliver

et al.

Rangeland Ecology & Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 94, P. 78 - 82

Published: March 19, 2024

Language: Английский

Citations

1

Comparison of the Economic and Environmental Sustainability for Different Peatland Strategies DOI Creative Commons
Lauma Balode, Dagnija Blumberga

Land, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(4), P. 518 - 518

Published: April 14, 2024

Previous studies of the literature show that there are great uncertainties regarding costs and gains for peatland restoration strategies monetary estimation possible alternatives can be complicated. The research aims to compare economic benefits existing alternative use peat peatlands. A core method evaluation aspects each strategy used is composite index method. Information constructing based on data from scientific literature, reports, local project studies. In study, strategies, extraction, in products were mutually compared with strategies. highest among was production insulation boards cultivation paludicultures using cattail or sphagnum farming. Cultivation an economically viable if evaluated. make landowners farmers, solutions reduction necessary initial investments should sought. Harvested biomass high-added-value products, this case, (Typha). Therefore, as valuable resource, raw material board obtained without extraction peat. Also, ecosystem services potential income not reduced.

Language: Английский

Citations

1