{"id":2104,"date":"2019-04-23T12:21:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T10:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/life-peat-restore.eu\/en\/?p=2104"},"modified":"2019-04-23T12:21:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T10:21:32","slug":"nature-management-in-puscia-site-was-successfully-implemented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/life-peat-restore.eu\/en\/nature-management-in-puscia-site-was-successfully-implemented\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature management in P\u016bs\u010dia site was successfully implemented"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Up until mid 20th<\/sup> century, P\u016bs\u010dia was\none of the largest natural raised bogs in the north-eastern part of Lithuania. However,\nin the 1970s industrial peat mining began and lasted 30 years. The dense\nnetwork of drainage ditches built (total length of approximately 35 kilometres)\ndried up the area, resulting in unfavourable hydrological conditions. Unfortunately,\nthe site is currently mostly dominated by bare peat habitats and typical\npeatland vegetation is severely damaged. Initial restoration attempts\nimplemented in 2000 had only marginal effects so far. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite long-term drainage and industrial peat\nmining, the site maintained fragmented natural features and biodiversity. In fact,\ntoday 4 types of Habitats of European importance can be found there: 7120\nRaised bogs, Degraded Raised Bogs still capable of natural regeneration, 7150\nDepressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion<\/em>,\n7140 Transitional and quaking bogs, 91D0* Bog Forests; also, Black Grouses, Great\nGrey Shrikes, Cranes and Common Snipes breed in the bog and its surroundings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current management efforts continue previous\nrestoration actions and are implemented following the Nature Management plan\napproved by the Ministry of Environment. The nature management actions in the\nP\u016bs\u010dia site started on January, 2019, with the aim to restore the hydrological\nregime in 81 ha as well as clear the woody vegetation in 32 ha. It is expected\nthat implementing these actions will contribute also to a key aim of LIFE Peat\nRestore to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from degraded peatlands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contrary to what many may believe, the presence\nof tree coverage does not necessarily mean a habitat is in good conditions. In case\nof the raised bog peatland habitats, increment of tree growth indicates the\ndegradation of the habitat and negative changes in hydrological conditions.\nTrees evaporate additional water amounts in the bogs, as a result,\nmineralization processes accelerate. Therefore, tree clearing improves\nhydrological conditions and contributes to the improvement of habitats; also,\nit helps rare bird species, who depend on open habitats. In P\u016bs\u010dia site tree\nclearing was only performed in areas which were not assigned as forest land. Mainly,\nyoung birch and pine trees were cut. Whereas the islands of bigger trees\nscattered through the centre of the bog were left uncut. Trees were cleared\nmanually using the chainsaws and trimmers. Branches of cut trees were used to\nfill in the drainage ditches, in aims of restoring the damaged landscape of the\nbog and to create favourable conditions for the establishment of Sphagnum<\/em> mosses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Long-term industrial peat mining and intensive\ndrainage have caused the typical raised bog landscape to be severally damaged\nand ruined. Piles of bare peat and tree stumps were left. Moreover, some of the\ndraining pipes were difficult to locate. Thus, the preparation of hydro-technical\nplan and restoration action was very challenging. In order to restore\nfavourable hydrological conditions, 65 peat dams, 35 plastic dams, 3 combined\ndams were installed and old drainage pipes (more than 100) were dismantled. In\nareas where bog surface was particularly damaged and uneven, embankments were\nadditionally installed in order to maintain surface water outflow. Altogether\n10 protective embankments from peat and plastic (total length 774 m) were\nequipped. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conclusion of the implemented action will\nnot only have positive effect on biodiversity and habitat status, but will\nreduce the GHG emissions as well. Based on recent studies on vegetation mapping\nand modelling of habitat changes it is presumed that the increase of water\nlevel may help to reduce CO2 <\/sub> emissions by 70 %.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Up until mid 20th century, P\u016bs\u010dia was one of the largest natural raised bogs in the north-eastern part of Lithuania. However, in the 1970s industrial peat mining began and lasted 30 years. The dense network of drainage ditches built (total length of approximately 35 kilometres) dried up the area, resulting in unfavourable hydrological conditions. Unfortunately, … read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":2105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nNature management in P\u016bs\u010dia site was successfully implemented - LIFE Peat Restore<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The conclusion of the implemented action will not only have positive effect on biodiversity and habitat status, but will reduce the GHG emissions as well. 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