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[ID: 546] Greenhouse gas emissions from fertile organic soils in Northern Sweden - An overlooked hotspot?
PI: Järvi Järveoja
The project goal is to evaluate the climate impact of drained fertile peat soils in order to understand the potential of peatland rewetting for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in boreal Sweden.
[ID: 545] PRESERVE: Protection and REStoration of peatland biodiversity and Ecosystem seRVicEs (Natura2000)
PI: Järvi Järveoja
The PRESERVE project aims to address the critical challenges of peatland degradation in the Aurora and sub-Arctic regions, with a focus on Natura 2000 areas in Finnish Lapland and Västerbotten, Sweden. By developing harmonized methods and innovative remote sensing tools, PRESERVE seeks to enhance the monitoring, restoration, and sustainable management of peatland ecosystems. The project integrates field observations, remote sensing data, and stakeholder input to provide scalable solutions that balance ecological health, social equity, and economic viability.
[ID: 541] Comissioned drone flights, LNU
PI: Johan Fransson
Commissioned drone flights for Linköping University
[ID: 511] Bullmark Water
PI: Hjalmar Laudon
This project is related to project 414 Rewetting effects on the GHG balance of a high-productive peatland forest but with a focus on the water dynamics in the area. The initiial project had the following purpose: The purpose of this project is to evaluate the climate impact of restoring drained peatland forests in boreal Sweden. Specifically, the project will deliver a first-time estimate of the GHG balance for a high-productive peatland forest undergoing ecological restoration to increase biodiversity. A comparison with data from other nearby drained, restored and natural peatland sites (Hälsingfors, Trollberget and Degerö) will unravel differences in their climate impact. Thus, insights from this project will provide forest and nature stakeholders with invaluable science-based decision-support for developing sustainable and climate-responsible management strategies for forestry on drained boreal peatlands.
watergreenhouse gas emissionsrestoration of drained peatlands
[ID: 502] Biochar Trollberget
Helping Eliza with digging biochar at Trollberget.
[ID: 483] Help with WEB2024 Krycklan Course
PI: Johannes Tiwari
All help organising the Watershed Ecology Biogeochemistry PhD Course
[ID: 414] Rewetting effects on the GHG balance of a high-productive peatland forest
PI: Järvi Järveoja
The purpose of this project is to evaluate the climate impact of restoring drained peatland forests in boreal Sweden. Specifically, the project will deliver a first-time estimate of the GHG balance for a high-productive peatland forest undergoing ecological restoration to increase biodiversity. A comparison with data from other nearby drained, restored and natural peatland sites (Hälsingfors, Trollberget and Degerö) will unravel differences in their climate impact. Thus, insights from this project will provide forest and nature stakeholders with invaluable science-based decision-support for developing sustainable and climate-responsible management strategies for forestry on drained boreal peatlands.
eddy covariancegreenhouse gas emissionsrestoration of drained peatlands
[ID: 379] Impact of climate change on peatland mesocosms under various scenarios
PI: Shokoufeh Salimi
The project aims to investigate the effect of climate change on peatland mesocosms under different scenarios a) left alone b) ditch cleaning c) restoration. In this study, the response of peatlands mesocosms will be monitored in terms of hydrology, nutrients dynamics, as well as greenhouse gas emission.
[ID: 375] Summer Interns France
PI: Kevin Bishop
Students from ENGEES and other French Universities do 3 month internships based at the Vindeln Experimental Forests. Kevin Bishop has been utilizing these students since 2011 to assist in field projects related to hydrology, carbon and mercury
[ID: 346] Nordic-Baltic workshop on GHG fluxes from managed/restored peatlands
PI: Matthias Peichl
Boreal peatlands provide an important carbon sink and play a key role in the global carbon cycle and climate system. During the past century, >10 million ha of natural peatlands have been drained in the Nordic-Baltic countries with the purpose to increase tree biomass production. Presently, extensive efforts are being undertaken by governmental agencies and forest stakeholders to restore these ecosystems towards their natural state with the aims to enhance conservation values and to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from these areas. Despite this high interest and activity level, the empirical knowledge for evaluating the implications on the GHG balance is scarce. As a result, the climate impact of drained and restored peatland areas is currently highly uncertain. This workshop has two main goals: 1) Gather and synthesize the current knowledge on the climate impact of drained and restored peatlands within the Nordic-Baltic domain; 2) Explore the possibilities for synthesis papers and common research proposals.
[ID: 343] Forest management effects on mobilization of soil carbon to surface waters
PI: Alberto
Large areas (up to 20%) of the Swedish forest land have been artificially drained by ditching during the past centuries to increase timber production. When these ditches age, ditch cleaning must often be conducted in order to maintain high timber productivity. For other areas no production increase has occurred. These areas have recently been suggested as potential areas for restoration to their “natural state” as wetlands, as a way to improve biodiversity and mitigate hydrological floods or droughts. This project will focus on the surface water effects of these two forest management operations, ditch cleaning (DC) and wetland restoration (WR). There is currently limited information on how DC and WR operations affects the amount and composition of terrestrial carbon (C) being exported to surface waters.
[ID: 336] Downstream propagation of clear cut effects
PI: Maria Myrstener
This project aims to evaluate downstream propagation of clear cut effects with a focus on metabolic rates. We ask whether physical and chemical effects on metabolic rates within clear cuts are propagated to downstream forest streams. We also evaluate whether larger buffer zones within clear cuts can mitigate downstream propagation of clear cut effects.