Stefan Weideveld

Nov 15, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Christian Fritz |Lisanne Hendriks |Stefan Weideveld |Tatiana Stepina

1 INTRODUCTION Drained peatlands are a substantial source of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to the atmosphere (IPCC, 2019; Tiemeyer et al., 2016). A total of 22.5–50.9 million ha of peatlands worldwide have been drained for agricultural use (Leifeld & Menichetti, 2018; Tubiello et al., 2016). Although natural and restored peatlands show net uptake or only minor emissions of GHGs, present-day emissions from global drained peatlands are estimated to be 1.9–2.5 Gt CO2-eq.