Ackerland oder Biotop? In einem Pilotfall aus Zürich stellt das Bundesgericht den Artenschutz über die Landwirtschaft
Grosse Teile des Kulturlandes im Kanton Zürich bestanden einst aus Feuchtgebieten. Oft wurden sie im Rahmen der Anbauschlacht während des Zweiten Weltkriegs entwässert. Die Drainagen, die dazu dienen, das Wasser abzuleiten, haben eine begrenzte Lebensdauer.
Landw. & Ernährung Naturschutz Schweiz FeuchtgebieteDie Erde verliert ständig wertvolle Feuchtbiotope
Red. – Die Autorin dieses Artikels arbeitet am Geografischen Institut der Universität Zürich und als freie Wissenschaftsjournalistin. Ihr Artikel erschien in «Horizonte» Nr. 137/2023, dem Forschungsmagazin des Schweizerischen Nationalfonds und der Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz.
FeuchtgebieteFinland Drained Its Peatlands. He’s Helping Bring Them Back
Until a century ago, almost a third of Finland was covered in pristine peatlands, which comprise one of the Earth’s largest and most important carbon sinks. Since then, however, half of Finnish peatlands have been strip-mined for fuel or drained to make room for forest plantations.
Europa naturbasierte Lösungen Feuchtgebiete‘Exceptional’ surge in methane emissions from wetlands worries scientists
Methane emissions from wetlands have risen faster this century than in even the most pessimistic climate scenarios, new research finds. From the Arctic to the tropics, wetlands encompass around 6% of the planet’s surface.
Methan FeuchtgebieteHalf the wetlands in Europe lost in past 300 years, researchers calculate
Half the wetlands in Europe, continental US and China have been destroyed in the past 300 years, with some areas – including the UK, Ireland and Germany – losing more than 75%, new research shows. Globally, an area the size of India has disappeared.
Europa Feuchtgebiete* COP27 – OUTCOMES * Key outcomes for food, forests, land and nature at the UN climate talks in Egypt
The COP27 summit in the Egyptian coastal resort of Sharm el-Sheikh made history by including food, rivers, nature-based solutions, tipping points and the right to a healthy environment in an overarching COP “cover decision” for the first time.
Landw. & Ernährung COP27 Abholzung Wälder Uno FeuchtgebieteSatellites reveal widespread burning on England’s protected peatlands, despite government ban
The investigation revealed that widespread legal burning has continued on ecologically important English peatland since the new rules took effect, most of it on designated sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) and other conservation areas.
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