OptiMuM

Optimization of raised bog restoration and monitoring in practice - ecosystem services, monitoring and knowledge transfer

Project duration: 01.11.2023 - 31.10.2028

Projekt funding:  Bundesamt für Naturschutz

Team members: Maria Kunle, Dr. Anke Günther, Prof. Florian Jansen

Together with our project partners, we are setting up a long-term field trial for the restoration of raised bogs on a large scale on sites formerly used for agriculture. We monitor various rewetted raised bogs in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein during the establishment phase up to possible self-regulation. Our research questions are primarily dedicated to the following topics:

  • Costs vs. benefits of different approaches of peat moss inoculation in terms of costs and climate effectiveness
  • Effectiveness of temporary water management to accelerate the establishment of typical raised bog vegetation and a near-natural raised bog biocoenosis
  • Importance of the area's own species pool for restoring a near-natural raised bog biocoenosis
  • Importance of niche differentiation, competition or habitat filters for vegetation composition on renaturalized raised bogs

Project partners:

  • University of Greifswald
  • Naturschutzstiftung Landkreis Cuxhaven

Applied partners:

  • Niedersächsischer Betrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten und Naturschutz (NLWN)
  • Staatliche Moorverwaltung Niedersachsen
  • Stiftung Naturschutz Schleswig Holstein
  • Torfwerk Moorkultur Ramsloh
  • Europäisches Fachzentrum für Moor und Klima

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