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dc.contributor.authorGirkin, NT
dc.contributor.authorBurgess, PJ
dc.contributor.authorCole, L
dc.contributor.authorCooper, HV
dc.contributor.authorHonorio Coronado, E
dc.contributor.authorDavidson, SJ
dc.contributor.authorHannam, J
dc.contributor.authorHarris, J
dc.contributor.authorHolman, I
dc.contributor.authorMcCloskey, CS
dc.contributor.authorMcKeown, MM
dc.contributor.authorMilner, AM
dc.contributor.authorPage, S
dc.contributor.authorSmith, J
dc.contributor.authorYoung, D
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-23T13:02:07Z
dc.date.available2023-11-23T13:02:07Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-31
dc.identifier.issn1758-3004
dc.identifier.issn1758-3012
dc.identifier.otherARTN 2275578
dc.identifier.urihttps://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/21686
dc.description.abstract

Peatlands are a globally important carbon store, but peatland ecosystems from high latitudes to the tropics are highly degraded due to increasingly intensive anthropogenic activity, making them significant greenhouse gas (GHG) sources. Peatland restoration and conservation have been proposed as a nature-based solution to climate change, by restoring the function of peatlands as a net carbon sink, but this may have implications for many local communities who rely on income from activities associated with transformed peatlands, particularly those drained for agriculture. However, without changing the way that humans interact with and exploit peatlands in most regions, peatlands will continue to degrade and be lost. We propose that there are ultimately three potential trajectories for peatland management: business as usual, whereby peatland carbon sink capacity continues to be eroded, responsible agricultural management (with the potential to mitigate emissions, but unlikely to restore peatlands as a net carbon sink), and restoration and conservation. We term this the three-peat challenge, and propose it as a means to view the benefits of restoring peatlands for the environment, as well as the implications of such transitions for communities who rely on ecosystem services (particularly provisioning) from degraded peatlands, and the consequences arising from a lack of action. Ultimately, decisions regarding which trajectories peatlands in given localities will follow torequire principles of equitable decision-making, and support to ensure just transitions, particularly for communities who rely on peatland ecosystems to support their livelihoods.

dc.format.extent2275578-
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.subjectNature-based solutions
dc.subjectpeatland
dc.subjectland sharing
dc.subjectland sparing
dc.subjectgreenhouse gas emissions
dc.subjectnet zero
dc.titleThe three-peat challenge: business as usual, responsible agriculture, and conservation and restoration as management trajectories in global peatlands
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeReview
plymouth.issue1
plymouth.volume14
plymouth.publisher-urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2023.2275578
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalCarbon Management
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/17583004.2023.2275578
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group|Plymouth|Faculty of Science and Engineering|School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
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dcterms.dateAccepted2023-10-19
dc.date.updated2023-11-23T13:02:06Z
dc.rights.embargodate2023-11-24
dc.identifier.eissn1758-3012
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1080/17583004.2023.2275578


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