UVSQ Gif-sur-Yvette France

Dec 27, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Adrien Renaud |Cnrs France |Véronique Durand |UVSQ Gif-sur-Yvette France

1 INTRODUCTION Peatlands cover only 5% of the European territory (500 000 km2) and yet they are keystone environments in the human ecosystem, acting as carbon sinks, natural freshwater reservoirs, buffer units during flood events, and biodiversity shelters for numerous endangered species (Convention on Wetlands, 2021). Peatlands are specific wetlands where carbon accumulates because of a primary production greater than the degradation losses.