Peat Industry and Environment Pärnu 1995

Pärnu 1995

Estonian Ministry of Environment

Tallinn 1995

A4, 112 pages

Contents

Preface. Towards sustainable development – R. Ratas, Estonia

Global peat resources – E. Lappalainen, Finland

The Habitate Directive – G. Raeymaekers, Belgium

I. Peatland management – industry and conservation

United States peat consumption: past trends and current outlook – T. J. Malterer, USA

Use of peatlands in Canada – G. Hood, Canada

Mires and peat in Estonia and the Netherlands: a comparison – J. H. J. Joosten, Netherlands

Use of peatlands for industrial purposes in Sweden – L.-E. Larsson, Sweden

Peat resources of the Republic of Belarus, their use and protection – I. I. Lishtvan, Belarus

Country report (Malaysia) on peatland utilization and conservation – I. Shamsudin, Malaysia

Welsh peatlands: utilization and conservation – F. N. Slater, UK

II. Environmental impact of peat industry

The forecast of changes in the drained peat soils of Belarus and their ecological aftermath – P. Zaiko, Belarus

Greenhouse impact of peat harvesting

Greenhouse impacts of the use of peat for energy – K. Hillebrand, Finland

Peat production and climate change – T. Nyrönen, Finland

Removal of odours with biofilter – T. Hartikainen, Finland

Emission of CH₄ and N₂O from the peatlands and affection of ground water level on the emissions – H. Nykänen, Finland

Relationship between vegetation and CO₂ exchange dynamics in an abandoned harvested peatland – E.-S. Tuittila, Finland

Accumulation rates of carbon in mires in Finland and climate change – J. Turunen, Finland

Effect of peat harvesting on the water quality

The influence of peat mining on the river water quality – A. Järvet & T. Pärn, Estonia

Environmental problems of peat mining and use – an approach of system analysis – A. Järvet & A. Simberg, Estonia

Effect of peat-winning on leaching of organic acids, carbon and nitrogen (invited speaker) – L. Lundin, Sweden

Long-term biological effects of the peat mining – J. Marja-aho, J. Hynynen, J. Palomäki & J. Selin, Finland

Aqua peat – new methods for purifying the run offs of peat production area – P. Selin, J. Marja-Aho & O. Madekivi, Finland

Effects of peat fibers on the physiology and survival of the oyster (Crassostrea virginica) – J.-Y. Daigle, A. Mallet & C. Carver, Canada

III. Development of environmentally sound peat harvesting technologies

Environmentally sensitive peat production management – D. Wynne, Ireland

Potential of subsurface drainage as a method to improve water quality in peat harvesting areas – V. Klemetti & K. Sänkiaho, Finland

Practical and environmentally sound technologies for milled peat production – John Lynch, Ireland

IV. Peat and environmental control

Determination of metal adsorption capacities of different peat types – P. Igsell & L. Ringqist, Sweden

Intensification of dust-catching systems in peat processing – N. Kislov & B. Khrustalyov, Russia

Mathematical model of waste cleaning dumped into a bog – V. I. Kosov, D. P. Shulgin & A. V. Maslennikov, Russia

The use of peat for aqueous medium cleaning from dissolved substances – V. I. Suvorov, O. A. Gerashchenko & V. Yu. Linno, Russia

V. After-use of cut-over peatland

The hydrology of cut-over bogs and water management options for bog restoration – J. M. Schouwenaars, Netherlands

On hydrology and soil-vegetation-atmosphere interactions in lowland cut-away raised mires – The BRIDGE research initiative

The key factors influencing the various afteruse options – G. Mc Nally, Ireland

After-use of peatlands in Finland – P. Selin, Finland

Post-harvested peat bog resaturation in Eastern Canada – L. Rochefort & F. Quinty, Canada

Nutrition and initial growth of trees in peat cutaway areas in Finland – L. Aro & S. Kaunisto, Finland

Biomass production with willows on cut-over peatland areas – J. Hytönen, Finland

Afforestation experiments on cut-over peatlands in Sweden – B. Hänell, Sweden

Some general principles for restoration/regeneration of fens and bogs – E. Lode, Estonia

VI. Nonclassified

The history of the peat production in Estonia – A. Juske, Estonia

Development of the Estonian peat resources investigation – M. Orru, Estonia

About Estonian peat deposits and methods to determine them – A. Loopmann, Estonia

Mires as water protection areas – H. Kink, A. Andresmaa & M. Orru, Estonia

Long and short term effects of precipitation on the ombrotrophic mire water table regime – Ü. Kasemetsä, Estonia

Peatland expansion on southern taiga spruce forests of the Russian plain – T. Yu. Minajeva, T. B. Menshich & E. S. Shaposhnikov, Russia

Resource saving technologies of obtaining of biology-active fertilizers on a peat base – A. E. Afanasjev, L. N. Pavlova, S. K. Samogin & H. T. Rozenko, Russia

Method for processing oil-shale semicone and waste sludges with peat to fertilizer-soil – T. Pungas & R. Veski, Estonia