ArticleNature communications2021
Rewetting does not return drained fen peatlands to their old selves.
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- Nutrient dynamics and GHG emissions inPlant and soil · 2026Article
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- Long-Term Ecological Baselines and Critical Thresholds in Ombrotrophic Peatlands of Europe: Implications for Restoration Strategies.Global change biology · 2025Article
- Afforestation-Related Fertilisation Quickly Turns Barren Cutaway Peatland Into a Carbon Dioxide Sink.Global change biology · 2025Article
- Restoration of formerly afforested blanket bog: Estimating time for vegetation recovery.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2025Article
- Phosphorus transformations and leaching potential in rewetting drained peatlands: Exploring the influence of land use and temperature.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2025Article
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- Potentials of typical plant species from rewetted fenlands for the supply of strategic elements.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- The Carbon Balance of a Rewetted Minerogenic Peatland Does Not Immediately Resemble That of Natural Mires in Boreal Sweden.Global change biology · 2025Article
- Drivers and Annual Totals of Methane Emissions From Dutch Peatlands.Global change biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Peatlands have been drained for land use for a long time and on a large scale, turning them from carbon and nutrient sinks into respective sources, diminishing water regulation capacity, causing surface height loss and destroying biodiversity. Over the last decades, drained peatlands have been rewetted for biodiversity restoration and, as it strongly decreases greenhouse gas emissions, also for climate protection. We quantify restoration success by comparing 320 rewetted fen peatland sites to 243 near-natural peatland sites of similar origin across temperate Europe, all set into perspective by 10k additional European fen vegetation plots. Results imply that rewetting of drained fen peatlands induces the establishment of tall, graminoid wetland plants (helophytisation) and long-lasting differences to pre-drainage biodiversity (vegetation), ecosystem functioning (geochemistry, hydrology), and land cover characteristics (spectral temporal metrics). The Paris Agreement entails the rewetting of 500,000 km
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