Land Use Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 143, P. 107191 - 107191
Published: May 13, 2024
In the European Union, peatlands are largely drained for agriculture resulting in significant environmental damage and CO2 emissions. Rewetting is seen as an effective tool to reduce emissions, but drainage-based agricultural practices locked-in. Instead of describing scaling up on wet peatlands, this paper examines termination use exnovation problem. Drawing sustainability transitions research, we suggest a conceptual perspective systemic changes towards sustainable agriculture. We propose governance based four dimensions: discourse, policy instruments, agency, justice. assess existing recommendations government peatland rewetting Germany terms governance, highlight strengths omissions. The approach provides new decision-makers, while also offers promising avenue further research within framework.
Language: Английский