Author: Mirjam Veiler
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A European-scale campaign during the summer of 2024 across the 5 living labs
The field campaign Within ALFAwetlands, we measure and evaluate wetland restorations, impacts and possible strategies, trying to answer multiple specific research questions. The variety of wetland living labs across Europe allows partner-wise harmonized methodologies for continuous monitoring. Furthermore, individual experiments may be conducted. In this context, the CNRS team from Toulouse, in collaboration with the…
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LL Estonia – how we accompany the restoration of former peat extraction areas
ALFAwetlands Living Lab in Estonia, run by University of Tartu, consists of four sites, namely: Vända, Laiuse, Ess-soo and Kuresoo. Below you will find more details about the history and current restoration activities at the Laiuse and Ess-soo. The history of peat extraction mining Wetlands, particularly peatlands, demand our special attention. ALFAwetlands addresses the restoration…
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Peatland monitoring in LL Estonia
Natural peatlands are quite sensitive ecosystems, or, more specifically, terrestrial wetland ecosystems. Their naturally water-logged conditions, on the one hand, prevent plant material from fully decomposing, which means peatlands produce more organic matter than they decompose. Undrained peatlands accumulate Carbon and, in the long run, sequester Carbon. Those acted as “CO2 sinks for millennia, exerting…
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The complexity of data collection – the ALFAwetlands approach
ALFAwetlands is a complex, multi-annual EU Horizon project with project partners and their respective Living Labs from across Europe. Further, there are nine different wetland types from restored peat extraction areas over wetland forests to coastal wetlands included in our project. Consequently, any kind of data collection should be synchronized, hereby following the principle of…
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University of Tartu – ALFAwetlands partner
University of Tartu from Estonia is ALFAwetlands important partner, team player, communicator in a project-oriented world of science. Contribution to ALFAwetlands project EU Horizon projects such as ALFAwetlands are dedicated to answering relevant questions, relevant for both the scientific communities and the public. Hereby, collaborations and exchange amongst science and stakeholders play a major role…
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ALFAwetlands – applying unified methods at European wetlands
One of the ALFAwetlands project assignments is to study organic soils in wetland environments. Nine different wetland types across Europe, from restored peat extraction areas over wetland and riparian forests to coastal wetlands are being actively investigated. This broad range of environmental conditions require a unified approach to gather detailed information on greenhouse gas fluxes,…