Paludiculture

Paludiculture is wet agriculture and forestry on peatlands.[1] Paludiculture combines the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from drained peatlands through rewetting with continued land use and biomass production under wet conditions.[2] “Paludi” comes from the Latin “palus” meaning “swamp, morass” and "paludiculture" as a concept was developed at Greifswald University.[3] Paludiculture is a sustainable alternative to drainage-based agriculture, intended to maintain carbon storage in peatlands. This differentiates paludiculture from agriculture like rice paddies, which involve draining, and therefore degrading wetlands.[4]

  1. ^ Definition from mowi.botanik.uni-greifswald.de
  2. ^ Wichtmann, W., Schröder, C. & Joosten, H. (eds.) (2016): Paludiculture - productive use of wet peatlands - Climate protection - biodiversity - regional economic benefits. 272 p. ISBN 978-3-510-65283-9
  3. ^ "MoorWissen | Paludikultur | Hintergrund". www.moorwissen.de. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  4. ^ Tan, Zu Dienle; Lupascu, Massimo; Wijedasa, Lahiru S. (2021-01-20). "Paludiculture as a sustainable land use alternative for tropical peatlands: A review". Science of the Total Environment. 753: 142111. Bibcode:2021ScTEn.753n2111T. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142111. ISSN 0048-9697. PMID 33207474. S2CID 224851019.