project - Innovative project
paludiculture
MoorZukunft -bringing paludiculture into practice
Objectives
Most of the peatland (not only) in northern Germany is drained for farming, thus resulting in peat degradation, high CO2 emissions and subsidence, followed by increasing drainage costs and managemet problems. Rewetting peatland for climate and nature protection goals means loss of agriculturally used land.
Objectives
Most of the peatland (not only) in northern Germany is drained for farming, thus resulting in peat degradation, high CO2 emissions and subsidence, followed by increasing drainage costs and managemet problems. Rewetting peatland for climate and nature protection goals means loss of agriculturally used land.
Activities
MoorZukunft aims to initiate pilot projects for utilisation biomass from ?wet? peatland mainly for energy purposes. Biomass from "wet" peatlands can be used for thermal utilisation (bailed, pellets, brickets), traditionally it is used for thatched roofs and insulation material but also for newly developed insulation boards etc. The implementation of paludiculture, the sustainable cultivation of rewetted peatland, needs innovative unions between farmers who produce primary material for paludi-products and biomass consumers for energy or material utilisation. Areas for implementing paludiculture are identified and potential partners for regional use and consumption are cross-linked. Business models will be developed with the parties of possible cooperations i.g. between farmer and municipal energy supplier and functional attended until realisation.
Activities
MoorZukunft aims to initiate pilot projects for utilisation biomass from ?wet? peatland mainly for energy purposes. Biomass from "wet" peatlands can be used for thermal utilisation (bailed, pellets, brickets), traditionally it is used for thatched roofs and insulation material but also for newly developed insulation boards etc. The implementation of paludiculture, the sustainable cultivation of rewetted peatland, needs innovative unions between farmers who produce primary material for paludi-products and biomass consumers for energy or material utilisation. Areas for implementing paludiculture are identified and potential partners for regional use and consumption are cross-linked. Business models will be developed with the parties of possible cooperations i.g. between farmer and municipal energy supplier and functional attended until realisation.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Rural development 2007-2013
- Agricultural sectors
- Other sectors
1 Practice Abstracts
Implementation of Paludiculture still has to deal with lots of obstacles, but individual farmes, companies and stakeholders are not only interested but actively involved in promoting paludiculture as alternative sustainable form of adding value in rural areas like northeastern germany.
Further research efforts will provide appliable conclusions, but also the acceptance of not only paludiculture for cultivation options but rewettting peatland for public goals such as mitigation of CO2 emissions, water retention, flooding control, evaporation cooling etc. has to be raised significantly.
