Peatlands for Environment, Economy and Society Gysinge Book of Abstracts (PDF) 2025

The IPS Convention 2025 was held 9-12 June in Gysinge, Sweden with 80 participants from 18 countries. The Book of Abstracts includes the summaries of the presentations given at the conference.

63 pages

Sabine Jordan, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Soil and Environment, sabine.jordan@slu.se

Örjan Berglund, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Soil and Environment, orjan.berglund@slu.se

Anna-Helena Purre, IPS, anna-helena.purre@peatlands.org

Place of publication: Uppsala

Year of publication: 2025

Cover image: Örjan Berglund

Bibliographic reference: Jordan, S., Berglund, Ö., Purre, Anna-Helena (2025) Peatlands for Environment, Economy and Society, International Peatland Society Convention 2025.

Keywords: Peat, Peatlands

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54612/a.2ulieccdav

ISBN (electronic version): 978-91-8124-003-0

CONTENTS

Opening ceremony
Scaling Up Wetland Rewetting in Sweden: Coordinated Action for Biodiversity and Climate Mitigation – Emma Bergman
Rewetting agreements for reducing greenhouse gas emissions – Hillevi Eriksson
Rewetting Agricultural Peatlands in Sweden: Balancing Climate Action and Food Security – Anna Haglund Ståhl

Keynote
Peatlands in Sweden and agricultural use – Kerstin Berglund
Deciphering biogeochemical and hydrological patterns across a heterogeneous boreal landscape – Hjalmar Laudon
Swedish Peat Production in Transition: Balancing Use, Restoration, and Resilience – Pia Holmberg
The wetland inventory of Sweden – Urban Gunnarsson
From stone axes only to human skulls mounted on wooden stakes – The impact of wetland archaeological excavations on the picture of the Stone Age in Sweden – Fredrik Hallgren
Yeasts for climate-smart high-value products from plants grown in paludiculture – Volkmar Passoth

Peatland Restoration and after-use
Mire Climate Protection Projects of the NABU Climate Fond - A tool for peatland restoration and climate protection – Two examples from Sweden – Bernd Hofer
Scaling functions from peat mosses to peatlands – Gustaf Granath
Peatland restoration and the path to net zero: direct field measurements demonstrate an intact Australian Sphagnum peatland is a strong carbon sink – Samantha Grover

Peatland Restoration and after-use (Poster)
Microbial Community Structure and Functional Groups in Rewetted and Cultivated Peatlands – Bettina Müller
Does the EU Green Deal's "carrot and stick" approach enhance peatland restoration projects in Latvia? – Ilze Ozola
Peatland research at the Geological Survey of Finland – solutions for sustainable land uses – Maija Lampela
Rewetting with integrated paludiculture vs. afforestation as after-uses for extracted peatlands in nemo-boreal Sweden: Assessing carbon-related ecosystem functions – Sabine Jordan

Peatlands and archaeology & dendrochronology
The Archaeological Heritage of industrial peatlands in Ireland – Ellen O’Carroll
Stone Age sites in every bog? Recent excavations at Dagsmosse, Tjugestamossen and Ekebymossen – Fredrik Hallgren
Tracking Rapid Ecosystem Changes and Long-Term Climate Dynamics Using Tree-Ring Data from Peatland Trees – Johannes Edvardsson
Cultural heritage and nature conservation in peatlands - field of conflicts and synergies – Mirjam Briel
Wetland archaeology in northern Germany - challenges of archaeological monument preservation in relation to rewetting projects – Mirjam Briel
Retrieving Osseous Biographies – created, used and deposited wetland finds – Sara Gummesson

Peatlands and archaeology & dendrochronology (Poster)
Reconstructing the Paleoenvironmental Evolution of Lake Kolon (Hungary) – Tamás Zsolt Vári

Peatlands and Climate Change
Global peatlands – their management, emissions and mitigation – first results from global data collection – Anna-Helena Purre
The separate roles of vascular plants and Sphagnum mosses in regulating the boreal peatland carbon cycle – Antonia Hartmann
Hydrology and Drainage Assessment in The Maludam Peninsula Peatland Landscape for SMPEM Project, Sarawak – Asang Hurai
Climate protection in peatlands needs data – establishing peatland registers in Lower Saxony, Germany – Eva Rosinski
Reconciling climate change impacts on the northern peatland carbon cycle – Matthias Peichl
Comparative Analysis of N₂O Fluxes from Different Forest Types in Tropical Peat Swamp Forests in Sarawak, Malaysia – Muhammad Zarul Shazreen
Development and carbon accumulation dynamics of a minerotrophic fen during the last millennium, northeast China – Shengzhong Wang

Peatlands and Culture
Peat: Latvia's brown marble as a medium for art and design – Ilze Ozola

Peatlands and Education, Communication and Publicity
Bogshoeing in peatlands: opportunities and challenges for sustainable public engagement – Ilze Ozola
Best practices in peat and peatland education for the general public – Ilze Ozola

Peatlands for Agriculture
Influence of Land Use Conversion on Degree of Humification and CO₂ Flux in Tropical Peat Soils in Sarawak – Amelia Jackob
Effects of Successive Oil Palm Cultivation on Chemical Properties of Tropical Peat Soil and its Influence on Plant Growth and Nutrient Concentration – Jicqueline Ratai
Is there a future for grassland on peat soils in the Netherlands? – Jos Schouwenaar
Impact of Land-Use Change on Soil CO₂ Emission in Tropical Peat Swamp Forests – Nur Azima Busman
Temporal Dynamics of N₂O Emissions from Agriculturally Managed Peat Soils: The Impact of Nitrogen Fertilization and Rainfall Timing – Sebastian Kuśmierz

Peatlands for Agriculture (Poster)
Paludiculture – Opportunities and challenges for strategic management decisions – Carla Muche
Grassland Conversion on Temperate Peat and Organic-Rich Soils: A Systematic Review of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Implications for Climate and Land-Use Policy – Örjan Berglund

Peatlands for Forestry
Mercury deposition and redox transformation processes in peatland constrained by mercury stable isotopes – Chuxian Li
Peatland ditching and export of dissolved organic carbon to downstream surface waters – Emma Kritzberg
Low molecular weight organic acids mobilize soil organic phosphorus for enzymatic hydrolysis in a temperate montane peatland – Meng Wang
Assessing the hydrological impact of clear felling of commercial forestry on a blanket bog site in Ireland – Muhammad Jehanzai
Fungal-Mediated Browning: Investigating DOC and Iron Export from Drained Peatlands – Alice Gredeby

Peatlands for Growing Media
Environmental impact of horticultural peat – not just black and white – Alexander Sentinella
Peat Extraction Sector Strategy: Upscaling peatland restoration through nature-based solutions in the landscape – Alhassan Ibrahim
Growing medium from Sphagnum moss – Sustainability of harvesting in Finland – Maija Lampela
Estonian peat database and alternative valorization opportunities for peat – Mall Orru
“10 Years Responsibly Produced Peat (RPP): Achievements and the Path Forward in the EU” – Maureen Kuenen
The Development of Growing Media and the Swedish Consumer Market – Pia Holmberg

Peatlands for Growing Media (Poster)
Reliable and transparent tracking the use and re-use of raw materials and GHG inventories: fate and behaviour of peat after its ‘active’ utilisation phase – Sabine Jordan