Peat

Peat (), sometimes known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers 3.7 million square kilometres (1.4 million square miles) and is the most efficient carbon sink on the planet, because peatland plants capture CO2 naturally released from the peat, maintaining an equilibrium. In natural peatlands, the "annual rate of biomass production is greater than the rate of decomposition", but it takes "thousands of years for peatlands to develop the deposits of 1.5 to 2.3 m [4.9 to …

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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 23 April 2024 English

The use of voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) and similar systems in free trade agreements (FTAs) is gaining traction. Will it lead to more sustainable production and consumption globally? Our experts …

and related ecosystems, halting deforestation, peat drainage and fire clearing in land preparation,


PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 17 April 2024 English

All names and claims expressed in this book of abstracts are solely those of the authors and do not represent those of the PICES Organization, nor those of their affiliated …

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UAP: University of Alberta Press · 4 April 2024 English

Deviant traces a trajectory of queer self-discovery from childhood to adulthood, examining love, fear, grief, and the violence that men are capable of in intimate same-sex relationships. Richly engaged with …

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CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 20 March 2024 English

Headquartered understanding of the socio-economic and technological in Waterloo, Canada, CIGI has received support impacts of digitalization and improve the quality and from the Government of Canada, the Government relevance …

facilitate water management, soil management, monitoring peat lands and forest management (Uddin, Chowdhury and


CPRC: University of Regina Press · 19 March 2024 English

An exposé of the reality of Saskatchewan’s potash industry management—prioritizing private profit over public interest A single province in Canada—Saskatchewan—is blessed with a remarkable birthright: 50% of the world’s potash …

producers.64 That view appears to be supported by a Peat Marwick report that noted the government had provided strategy. The government’s political directives, Peat Marwick said, made it clear that aS Q U A N D E


Invasive Species Council of BC · 25 January 2024

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Lennox, R., Choi, K., Harrison, P.M., Paterson, J.E., Peat, T.B., Ward, T.D. and Cooke, S.J. 2015. Improving


CSLS: Centre for the Study of Living Standards · 22 December 2023 English

Average ity growth rates in the non-business sec- productivity growth in the United States tor that are markedly lower than the non- in the 2019-2022 period exceeded that in business …

compared to peer countries, which would a scale that does not seem likely to be re- seem to indicate that there should be con- peated


CPAWS: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society · 11 December 2023 English

» The Hudson Bay Lowlands, the second largest intact peatland complex in the world, sequester 74.6 Mt of CO2 per year, equivalent to 11% of Canada’s total emissions in 2020, …

which includes carbon dense peat forests, old-growth forests, and non-peat for- ests, has been estimated Sanctuary. (Washington, USA, 2021). mid-Holocene peat initiation. Nat Commun 5, 4078, doi:https://doi


CSLS: Centre for the Study of Living Standards · 17 November 2023 English

Finally, part three of the report analyzes outcomes from parts one and two of the report, providing a summary of the findings and a conclusion regarding the investment situation in …

logging, manufacturing and processing, harvesting peat, or storing grain.11 Ultimately, the Atlantic investment


MiningWatch Canada · 8 November 2023 English

Some impacts of clearing land, deforestation, and stripping including: the destruction of ecosystems through the removal of thousands of cubic meters of soil and vegetation; the excavation or compaction of …

crust above bedrock. Soils include sand, earth, peat and other loose surface materials. Stockpile: land


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