Peatlands for Environment, Economy and Society Gysinge Book of Abstracts (Print + 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.

A5 print version (limited availability) + PDF

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