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VALPEATS - Valuation of Peatland Ecosystem Services

Place Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania, Greifswald, Rostock
Partner Fraunhofer-Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD Rostock, Univerisity of Greifswald
Funding Bundes- und Landesinitiative für Biogene Wertschöpfung und Smart Farming
Duration 09/2023-12/2025

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Moor-PV - Climate and peatland protection by combination of photovoltaics and peatland rewetting

Place Lottorf, Greifswald
Partner University of Greifswald
Funding Joachim Herz Stiftung
Duration 01/2024 - 12/2026

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PaludiAllianz – sundew and cloudberry as medicinal plants in paludiculture

Place Greifswald
Partner University of Greifswald, Michael Succow Foundation, Umweltstiftung Michael Otto
Funding FNR
Duration 03/2024 - 12/2024

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SoMoMed – sundew and cloudberry as medicinal plants in paludiculture

Place Greifswald
Partner University of Greifswald
Funding German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Duration 01/2023 - 12/2025

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OptiMuM - Optimisation of raised bog restoration and monitoring in practice - ecosystem services, monitoring and knowledge transfer

Place Cuxhaven, Rostock, Greifswald
Partner

Naturschutzstiftung Cuxhaven, Universität Rostock, Universität Greifswald

Funding Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz und Aktionsprogramm Natürlicher Klimaschutz (ANK)
Duration 11/2023 - 10/2028

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Project REMEMBER - The role of emergent macrophytes in biogene load reduction in water ecosystems
Place University of Greifswald, Belarusian State University, National Park “Narochansky”
Partner

University of Greifswald, Belarusian State University, Research Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology National Park “Narochansky”

Funding BMBF
Duration 04/2021 - 03/2024

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Project WieMoDämm - WIR! - Plant3 – production of insulation material from dominant paludiculture species from rewetted peatlands
Place Prenzlau, Sehnde, Greifswald, Wismar
Partner

Hanffaserfabrik Ueckermark eG, Wismar University of Applied Sciences, University of Greifswald, GEKO Maschinenbau GmbH

Funding BMBF
Duration 04/2024 - 12/2025

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Project MoorReaktor - Development of exhibition concepts for art formats in the climate context
Place Greifswald
Partner

Monas Collective, Greifswald Mire Centre

Funding BMBF
Duration 08/2023 - 07/2024

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Project PRINCESS - Peatland Rewetting In Nitrogen-Contaminated Environments: Synergies and trade-offs between biodiversity, climate, water quality and Society
Place Universität Greifswald, NINA, Universität Antwerpen, Universität Wien, Universität Warschau, LUKE
Partner

Universität Greifswald, NINA, Universität Antwerpen, Universität Wien, Universität Warschau, LUKE

Funding BiodivErsA (BiodivClim)
Duration 04/2021 - 03/2025

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Project PaludiZentrale - Coordination of four model and demonstration projects on peatland soil protection and the use of biomass from rewetted areas.
Place University of Greifswald, Thünen Institute Braunschweig
Partner

Wald- und Fischerei-Institut für Agrarklimaschutz Thünen Institute, Succow Foundation

Funding BMEL
Duration 10/2023 - 12/2032

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Project Paludi-Vorhaben in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Place Polder Bargischow Süd, Polder Sandhagen
Partner

Landgesellschaft M-V

Funding BMU
Duration 09/2021 - 08/2031

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Project MOOSland – Peat moss paludiculture as a sustainable agricultural use of raised bog soils
Place Hankhauser Moor, Barver Moor
Partner

Stiftung Naturschutz im Landkereis Diepholz, Universität Osnabrück, Universität Vechta, Torfwerk Moorkultur Ramsloh

Funding BMEL
Duration 10/2023 - 12/2032

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Project GreenContainer – Lightweight construction from Typha plants in circular architecture: the "Green Container” example
Place University of Applied Sciences and Arts Ostwestfalen-Lippe
Partner

University of Greifswald, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Ostwestfalen-Lippe

Funding WIR!, Plant³, BMBF, PTJ
Duration 10/2023 - 09/2025

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Project Bio-NET – Multi-level assessment of Bio-based Negative Emission Technologies
Place Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Partner

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ), Thuenen Institute for International Forestry and Forest Economics (TI-IFFE), Justus-Liebig-University Gießen (JLU), University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz (HSZG), Technical University Munich (TUM)

Funding BMBF
Duration 01/2022 - 12/2024

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Project CuliMoor – Evaluation of the mosquito fauna (Diptera: Culcidae) in the context of the rewetting of peatlands with regard to the occurrence of zoonoses
Place Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Insel Riems
Partner

Friedrich-Löffler-Institut, Greifswald Mire Centre (GMC), Institute for Botany and Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald

Funding BMEL
Duration 01.03.2023 - 28.02.2026

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Project EDELNASS - Refining wet grassland biomass into platform chemicals, packaging, fibre castings and paper
Place Schwäbisches Donaumoos (BY), Rhinluch (BB), Binsenberg (MV), Klimafarm in the Eider-Treene-Sorge Niederung (S-H), Teufelsmoor (NI)
Partner University of Greifswald, University of Hohenheim, University of Albstadt-Sigmaringen, WALA Heilmittel GmbH
Funding FNR, commissioned by: BMEL
Duration 01.07.2023 – 30.06.2026

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Project MoorNet - Specialist support for the implementation of the National Peatland Protection Strategy and networking of stakeholders
Place Bonn, Berlin, Greifswald
Partner Ecologic Institut (coordination), DUENE e.V. (Partner in Greifswald Moor Centrum)
Funder Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
Duration November 2022 – March 2026

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Project Paludi-Product - bio-based plastic products from paludiculture
Place Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany)
Partner University of Greifswald, Chair of AVWL and Landscape Economics, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre
Institute for Polymer and Production Technologies e.V., Wismar
GERMAAT Polymer GmbH, Schwerin
Saz – Schweriner Aus- und Weiterbildungszentrum e.V., Schwerin
Funder Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the "WIR! - Change through Innovation in the Region" programme
Duration 10.2022 - 9.2025

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Propagation of Sphagnum moss in a bioreactor (Phozo: N. Körner)
Project MOOSstart
Location Greifswald, Freiburg, Koethen, Groß Ippener
Partner
  • University of Greifswald, Inst. for Botany and Landscape Ecology (UG), Partner im Greifswald Mire Centre (GMC)
  • University of Freiburg (UF)
  • University of Applied Sciences Anhalt (HSA)
  • Niedersächsische Rasenkulturen, NIRA GmbH & Co. KG (NIRA)
Funding Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) as part of the "Funding program for renewable raw materials"
Duration 1/2023 - 12/2025

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Project VIP (Vorpommern Initiative Paludikultur)
Location Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Partner Greifswald University
Funding Projektträger Jülich (PTJ), Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration 10/2010 - 12/2013

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Project Wet Horizons
Location Aarhus, Denmark
Partner Aarhus University
Radboud University Nijmegen
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Greifswald Mire Center
Finnish Metereological Institute
Wetlands International
LSCE Laboratory for Sciences of Climate and Environment
Global Peatlands Initiative
European Science Communication Institute
Funding Projektträger Jülich (PTJ), Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration

01.09.2022 - 31.08.2026 | Duration 48 Months


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Paludi-PROGRESS
Projekt name Paludiculture in practice: Optimisation of cattail and reed cultures (Paludi-PROGRESS) (Paludi-PROGRESS) 
Location Greifswald, Neukalen 
Partners

State Research Centre for Agriculture and Fisheries Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, University of Rostock

Funders German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Duration 01.09.2022-31.08.2025

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CuliMoor
Project name Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in rewetted peatlands and the assessment of the occurrence of zoonoses
Riems island Riems island
Partners

Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Institute for Infection Medicine - Laboratory for mosquito monitoring

Funders  
Duration 2022-2025

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ALFAwetlands
Projekt name ALFAwetlands - Wetland restoration for the future (Paludi-PROGRESS) 
Location ca. 20 Living Labs across Europe 
Partners

Luke – Natural Resources Institute/ Finland, Succow Foundation/ Germany, Stockholm University/ Sweden, University of Tartu/ Estonia, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis/ Austria, European Wilderness Society/ Austria, Research Institute Nature and Forest/ Belgium, Society for Ecological Restoration Europe/ Belgium, Silava – Latvian State Forest Research Institute/ Latvia, Finnish Meteorological Institute/ Finland, Ecological and Forestry Applications Research Centre/ Spain, French National Center for Scientific Research/ France, University of Barcelona/ Spain, Wetlands International/ Netherlands, Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment/ France Funder: European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme

Funders European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme
Duration 06/2022-11/2026

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Projekt name JugendKlimaRedaktion Salon5_
Location Greifswald, Bottrop
Partners

Succow Stiftung, Correctiv

Funders Ehrenamtsstiftung
Duration 2022
Publications Podcasts der JugendKlimaredaktion, JugendKlimaRedaktion auf Instagram

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Project Assessment of Carbon (CO2) emissions avoidance potential of the Nile Basin peatlands
Location Nile Basin (Regional)
Partner GIZ – Nile Basin Initiative (NBI)
Funding GIZ
Duration 2/2019-11/2019
Publications

Assessment of Carbon (CO2) emissions avoidance potential from the Nile Basin peatlands

Options for financing emission avoidance from drained peatlands in the Nile Basin: Discussion paper  

Project LIFE BaltOrg
Location Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania
Partner Silava Latvian State Forest Research Institute, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Latvia, BaltCoasts Association Baltic Coasts, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestr, University of Tartu, LUKE Natural Resources Institute Finland, Succow Foundation
Funding EU LIFE
Duration 08/2019-08/2023
Publications  

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Project Generational change
Location Greifswald, Germany
Partner  
funding Norddeutsche Stiftung für Umwelt und Entwicklung (NUE)
Duration 10/2019-10/2022
Publications  

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Project Bringing paludiculture into practice: integration – management – cultivation
Location Greifswald, Neukalen, Germany
Partner
State
Research Centre for Agriculture and Fisheries Mecklenburg-Western
Pomerania
Funding German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Duration 01.05.2019-30.04.2022
Publications  

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Project Peatland and climate protection - implementing solutions with land users
Place Berlin, Germany
Partner

Michael Succow Foundation, Universität Greifswald, Deutscher Verband für Landschaftspflege e.V. (DVL)

Sponsors Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Duration 01.03.2019 – 28.02.2022
Publications  

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Project BOnaMoor - Optimising production and combustion of biomass from wet fens

Place Greifswald and Malchin, Germany
Partner

Greifswald University, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (University of Applied Sciences)

Sponsors Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture(BMEL)
Duration 11/2018-10/2021
Publications  

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Neman-River catchment (Photo: W. Wichtmann)
Project name: DESIRE – Development of sustainable peatland management 

Place: Kaliningrad/Russia, Lithuania
Partners:

Warsaw University of Life Sciences, OTOP, Bialystok Technical University, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuanian Fund for Nature, Ministry for Natural Resources and Ecology of Kaliningrad Region, Natural Heritage NGO Kaliningrad

Funders: Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme
Duration: 01/2019-06/2021
Publications:  

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Project VoCo
Place Western Pomerania
Partner District Vorpommern-Greifswald; District Vorpommern-Rügen; University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald; Greifswald University; Michael Succow Foundation
Funder Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration 01.08.2018 – 31.07.2023
Publications  

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Project Plant3
Place  
Partner University of Rostock, University of Greifswald
Funder Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration 02/2022-02/2025
Publications  

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Project MoorDialog
Place  
Partner Greifswald University; Michael Succow Foundation; DUENE e.V
Funder National Climate Protection initiative of the BMU
Duration 2015-2018
Publications  

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Project KLIBB - Climate-friendly and biodiversity-promoting use of fen soils
Place Schleswig-Holstein, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Partner Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HUB), Faculty of Life Sciences, Soil and Site Sciences (Prof. Dr. Jutta Zeitz); Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Faculty and Landscape Management and Nature Conservation (Prof. Dr. Vera Luthardt); Greifswald University
Funder Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) with funds by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Duration 01.07.2018 – 31.07.2019
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Project BaltRap
Place Greifswald
Partner IOW-The Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemünde; GFZ Potsdam (The Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences); IGB Berlin (Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries; Uni Greifswald
Funder Leibnitz Association
Duration 2017-2019
Publications Theuerkauf, M., Couwenberg, J. (2018) ROPES Reveals Past Land Cover and PPEs From Single Pollen Records. Frontiers in Earth Science, doi: 10.3389/feart.2018.00014

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Project Valorization of climate and nature conservation measures in the area of National Nature Landscapes in Germany
Place Fruid orchard meadows, forests, peatlands throughout Germany
Partner EUROPARC Deutschland e.V.
Funder Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
Duration 04.2015 – 05.2019

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Project Feasibility assessment for a World Heritage nomination of the Colchic Forests and Wetlands under the natural criteria
Place Kolkheti Lowlands, Georgia
Partner WWF Caucasus, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia (MoE) and the Agency of Protected Areas of Georgia (APA)
Funder German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB)
Duration 08.2016 – 01.2018

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Darstellung des Ryck-Einzugsgebiets und darin liegenden Niedermoorflächen inkl. aktueller Nutzung (Datengrundlage: Landesamt für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Geologie MV)
Project MORGEN – peatland revitalization for climate adaptation in Greifswald – Perspectives through wet peatland use
Place Greifswald
Partner Michael Succow Foundation, Greifswald University
Funder BMUB
Duration 1.1.2018 – 31.12.2020

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Coring for peat in an Honduran wetland (Photo: Jan Peters)
Project Strategic environmental dialogues on Caribbean Coastal peatlands
Place Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba
Partner Michael Succow Foundation
Funder Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB)
Duration 07.2017 - 05.2018

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Peatland map of Europe (Source: Tanneberger et al 2017: The peatland map of Europe. Mires & Peat 19 (2017), p. 1-17)
Project INVESTIGATE - Improving national GHG inventories for organic soils and mitigation potential of wet land use
Place Germany, Europe
Partner DUENE e.V. , SILAVA (Latvia)
Funder Europan Climate Initiative, BMUB
Duration 1.11.2017 – 30.4.2018

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Project EUKI – Paludiculture in the Baltics, Potential and Capacities for climate protection through productive use of rewetted peatlands
Place Estonia, Lithuania and Lettland
Partner Michael Succow Foundation, Estonian Fund for Nature, Lithuanian Fund for Nature
Funder BMUB/GIZ
Duration 15.10.2017-29.02.2020

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Project Development of a transboundary innovation plattform/cluster for the sustainable utlilisation of reed biomass (ReedBASE)
Place Ukraine, Moldova (Romania)
Partner Michael Succow Foundation (DE), Institute of Market Problems and Economic and Ecological Research - IMPEER (UA), NGO - Agricola (UA), NGO - Cross-border Cooperation and European Integration Agency (ACTIE) (MO)
Funder BfN/UBA Advisory and assistance programme
Duration 01.09.2013 - 30.04.2018
Publication Desk Study on wetland biomass ressources in the Lower Prut, lower Danube, and Iower Dniester Regions, 85 pp (English and Ukrainian version available), ReedBASE Assesment report, 23 pp (English and Ukrainian version available)

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Project

Testing typha cultivation

Testing wether the cultivation of highly nutrient consuming typha on  rewettef but formerly drained peatland reduces or even prevents the release of nutrients into river systems and ultimately the Baltic Sea

Place Ueckermünde
Partner TP Haffküste GmbH, Ostseestiftung
Funder Ostseestiftung
Duration 2016-2019

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Project

MeerGewinn

Nutrient retention by production of renewable resources in constructed wetlands
Place Greifswald
Partner TP Haffküste GmbH, Joachim Krüger Pflanzenkläranlagen GmbH, Greifswald University, SCity of Loitz, Innovations- und Bildungszentrum Hohen-Luckow e.V, Hanffaser Uckermark eG, REAS Sweden
Funder EIP-AGRI
Duration 2016-2018

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Project WETSCAPES - Understanding turnover and exchange of matter in wetlands to foster better land management, climate adaptation and protection of water bodies
Place Drained and rewetted percolation fens, alder carrs and coastal transgression peatlands in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany)
Partner University of Rostock, University of Greifswald, German Aerospace Centre (DLR)
Funder European Social Fund (ESF) under the ‘excellence inititiave’ of the federal state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Duration 1.1.2017-31.12.2020

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Project REPEAT - Restoration and prognosis of PEAT formation in fens - linking diversity in plant functional traits to soil biological and biogeochemical processes
Place Drained, rewetted and near-natural percolation fens in Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, and Romania
Partner University of Warsaw (Poland), Greifswald University (Germany), University of Antwerp (Belgium), Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (Norway), and Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development (Romania)
Funder ERA-NET Cofunds BiodivERsA3
Duration 15.02.2017-14.02.2019

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Project Protecting habitats of the Aquatic Warbler and improving ecological conditions of the Baltic Sea by optimising water management in Rozwarowo Marshes SPA, Poland
Place Poland
Partner Agronatura
Funder International Baltic Sea Foundation for Nature Conservation
Duration 2016 – 2017

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Project

CLEARANCE

CircuLar Economy Approach to River pollution by Agricultural Nutrients with use of Carbon-storing Ecosystems

 

Place:

Warsaw, Greifswald, Nijmegen and Aarhus

Partner:

 

Funder:

FACCE ERA NET JPI via Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe

Duration:

4.2017- 3.2020

Publications:

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CINDERELLA

Comparative analysis, INtegration anD ExemplaRy implEmentation of cLimate smart LAnd use practices on organic soils: Progressing paludicultures after centuries of peatland destruction and neglect

Place:

Greifswald, Nijmegen, Halmstad and Aarhus

Partner:

Greifswald University (D), Halmstad University (S), Radboud University Nijmegen (NL), Aarhus University (DK)

Funding:

FACCE ERA NET JPI via Projektträger Jülich (ptj)

Duration:

1.2.2015 – 31.1.2018

Publicationsn:

Wichmann, S. (2018): Economic incentives for climate smart agriculture on peatlands in the EU. University of Greifswald, Partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre. Report, 38 p., online: http://incentives.paludiculture.com

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Biebrza (Photo: F. Tanneberger)
Project Aquatic Warbler & biomass LIFE+ Project
Place Poland
Partner OTOP BirdLife Poland and others
Funder EU LIFE+ Programme
Duration 2010 – 2014
Publications Kloskowski et al. (2015). Optimal habitat conditions for the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola in eastern Poland and their implications for fen management. Ibis 157: 406-412. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12247.

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Miedwie (Photo: F. Tanneberger)
Project Conserving Acrocephalus paludicola in Poland and Germany
Place Poland and Germany
Partner OTOP BirdLife Poland and others
Funder EU LIFE Programme
Duration 2005 – 2011
Publications

Tanneberger F et al. (2014). Rapid changes in vegetation structure of Aquatic Warbler habitats in Pomerania - outcomes of targeted five year habitat management. Plant Diversity and Evolution 130: 303–313. DOI: 10.1127/1869-6155/2013/0130-0079.

Tanneberger F et al. (2010). Habitat selection of the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler at the western margin of the breeding range and implications for management. Ibis 152: 347–358. DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01016.x.

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Project ENIM – Biomass for energy from fens
Place Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Partner University of Applied Sciences of Stralsund, LedA – Die Agentur für Landwirtschaft und Naturschutz, Landwirtschaftsbetrieb Hans Voigt (Neukalen), Gesellschaft für Motoren und Kraftanlagen mbH (GMK)
Funder German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU)
Duration 2007 – 2009
Publications

Wichtmann W et al. (2010). Paludiculture is paludifuture: Climate, biodiversity and economic benefits from agriculture and forestry on rewetted peatland. Peatlands International 1/2010: 48–51. Link.

Wichtmann W & Wichmann S (2010). Paludikultur – Alternativen für Moorstandorte durch nasse Bewirtschaftung. Energetische Verwertung von Niedermoorbiomasse. Acker+plus 5/2010: 86–89.

Wichtmann W et al. (2010). Paludikultur – Nutzung nasser Moore: Perspektiven der energetischen Verwertung von Niedermoorbiomasse. Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege in Brandenburg 19 (3, 4): 211–218.

Wichmann S & Wichtmann W (2009). Bericht zum Forschungs- und Entwicklungsprojekt Energiebiomasse aus Niedermooren (ENIM). Institut für Botanik und Landschaftsökologie, Universität Greifswald. 190 S. Link.

Wichtmann W & Wichmann S (2009). Energetische Nutzung von Niedermoorbiomasse. In: Bioenergie – Chance und Herausforderung für die regeionale und globale Wirtschaft. Tagungsband zum 3.Rostocker Bioenergieforum. Institut für Umweltingenieurwesen, Band 23: 87–99.

Wichtmann W et al. (2009). Standortgerechte Landnutzung auf wiedervernässten Niedermooren – Klimaschutz durch Schilfanbau. Ökologisches Wirtschaften 1: 25–27.

Barz M (2008). Biomass Technology for Electricity Generation in Community, IIRE International Journal of Renewable Energy Vol. 3 No. 1.

Wichtmann W & Joosten H (2007). Paludiculture: peat formation and renewable resources from rewetted peatlands. IMCG-Newsletter 2007/3: 24–28.

Wichtmann W & Schäfer A (2007). Alternative management options for degraded fens – utilisation of biomass from rewetted peatlands. In: Okruszko T et al. (2007). Wetlands: Monitoring, Modeling and Management. Taylor & Francis/Balkema: Leiden, The Netherlands. pp. 273–279.

Schäfer A & Wichtmann W (2007). Restoring Drained Peatlands for Sustainable Use in Germany. In: Clewell A, Aronson J. Ecological Restoration. Principles, Values, and Structure of an Emerging Profession. Island Press. pp. 125–129.

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Alder plantation (Photo: A. Schäfer)
Project ALNUS – Restoration of fens by afforestation with Alder
Place Brudersdorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Partner Landesforst Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
Funder German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU)
Duration 04/2002 – 09/2005
Publications

Schäfer A & Wichtmann W (2007). Restoring Drained Peatlands for Sustainable Use in Germany. Virtual filed trip 6. In: Clewell AF & Aronson J: Ecological Restoration. Pronciples, Values, and structure of an emerging profession. Island Press, Washington. pp 125 - 129.

Barthelmes A et al. (2006). Palaeoecological analysis of Alnus wood peats with special attention to non-pollen palynomorphs. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 141 (1–2): 33–51. DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.04.002.

Dannowski R & Dietrich O (2006). Schwarzerlenbestockung in wiedervernässten Flusstalmooren Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns: Wasserverbrauch und gebietshydrologische Wirkungen. Telma.

Prager A et al. (2006). Non-pollen palynomorphs from modern Alder carrs and their potential for interpreting microfossil data from peat. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 141 (1–2): 7–31.DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.03.015.

Wichtmann W & Schäfer A (2006). Alternative management options for degraded fens – utilisation of biomass from rewetted peatlands. In: Wethydro Proceedings. A.A. Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam.

Schäfer A (2005). Umweltverträgliche Erlenwirtschaft auf wieder vernässten Niedermoorstandorten. Beiträge für Forstwirtschaft und Landschaftsökologie 39 (4): 165–171.

Schäfer A (2005)- ALNUS – Renaturierung von Niedermooren durch Schwarzerlenbestockung. In: Weigel H-J & Dämmgen J (Hrsg). Biologische Senken für atmosphärischen Kohlenstoff in Deutschland. Sonderheft 280. Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft (FAL), Braunschweig, S. 113-119.

Schäfer A & Joosten H (Hrsg.) (2005). Erlenaufforstung auf wieder vernässten Niedermooren - ALNUS-Leitfaden. DUENE e.V., Greifswald, 68 S.

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Project MOOSGRÜN MOOSWEIT MOOSZUCHT OptiMOOS
Place Hankhauser Moor, greenhouse- and lab trails in Freiburg, Hannover, Karlsruhe, Groß Ippener and Greifswald, Lower Saxony, Germany
Partner Deutsche Torfgesellschaft mbH (DTG), Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences (HWST), Hydrotelm and Dr. Dittrich & Partner Hydro-Consult GmbH (Hydrotelm), Research Institute for horticulture Bad Zwischenahn (LVG), Torfwerk Moorkultur Ramsloh Werner Koch GmbH & Co. KG (MoKuRa), Dr. Christoph Muster, University of Rostock, Greifswald University Torfwerk Moorkultur Ramsloh Werner Koch GmbH & Co. KG (MoKuRa), University of Rostock, Carl-von-Ossietzky-University Oldenburg, Greifswald University University of Freiburg, Institute of Biology II, Plant Biotechnology; Karlruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Process Engineering in Life Sciences III -  Bioprocess Engineering; Niedersächsische Rasenkulturen NIRA GmbH & Co. KG; Greifswald University, Institute of Botany and Landscape ecology University of Rostock, Carl-von-Ossietzky-University Oldenburg, Greifswald University, (probably) Research Institute for horticulture Hanover-Ahlem (LVG)
Funder Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV), Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR) Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen (NBank) Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR) Lower Saxony Ministry for Environment, Energy and Climate Protection; European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Duration 10/2010 – 06/2014 02/2016 – 01/2019 05/2017 – 05/2020 11/2019 – 12/2022

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Project TORFMOOS MOOSFARM PROSUGA
Place Esterweger Dose (Lower Saxony), Hankhauser Moor and Hollweger Moor (Lower Saxony), greenhouse- and lap trails in Berlin, Groß Ippener, Ramsloh, Twistringen, Langerwisch und Greifswald (Germany)
Partner Institute for Horticultural Teaching and Research in Hannover (LVG), MoKuRa - Torfwerk Moorkultur Ramsloh Werner Koch GmbH & Co. KG (MoKuRa), Agency of Lower Saxony for Mining, Energy and Geology in Bremen (NLfB), Greifswald University Hartmann Ingenieure GmbH (HI), Institute of Agricultural and Urban Ecological Projects at the Humboldt-University in Berlin (IASP), Klasmann-Deilmann GmbH (KD), Torfwerk Moorkultur Ramsloh Werner Koch GmbH & Co. KG (MoKuRa), mst-Dränbedarf GmbH (mst), Niedersächsische Rasenkulturen NIRA GmbH & Co. KG (NIRA), Greifswald University Institute of Agricultural and Urban Ecological Projects at the Humboldt-University in Berlin (IASP), Greifswald University, Institute of Botany and Landscape ecology; Humboldt-University of Berlin, Institute of Horticultural Sciences; Torfwerk Moorkultur Ramsloh Werner Koch GmbH & Co. KG (MoKuRa); mst-Dränbedarf GmbH (mst); Niedersächsische Rasenkulturen NIRA GmbH & Co. KG (NIRA); Rosengut Langerwisch GmbH & Co. KG (RoLa)
Funder Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV), Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR) German Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology, joint project within the InnoNet Project, VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH Berlin German Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology (BMWi)
Duration 04/2004 – 11/2007 07/2007 – 04/2010 04/2010 - 03/2013

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Project Golden Helmet from the Peel: Study of the natural context of the finding place
Place Helenaveen, Niederlande
Duration 1994 – 2006
Publications Joosten H et al. (2006). De natuurlijke context van de vindplaats. In: Pouls JH & Crompvoets HJG (eds.): De Gouden Helm uit de Peel. Feiten en visies. Medelo, Meijel, 52 – 69, 141 - 142.

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Project Peatlands and carbon flows. Outlook and importance for the Netherlands Review Recovery strategies for nitrogen-sensitive habitats (PAS)
Place The Netherlands
Partner Wageningen University and Research centre, Utrecht University  
Funder PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency: Netherlands Research Programme on Scientific Assessment and Policy Analysis for Climate Change (WAB) Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Programmadirectie Natura 2000
Duration 2008 – 2009 2011 – 2015
Publications Verhagen A et al. (2009). Peatlands and carbon flows. Outlook and importance for the Netherlands. Report WAB 500102 027, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency PBL, Bilthoven, 50p. Link.  

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Dragonfly in Western Ghats, Indien (Photo: H. Joosten)
Project Landschaftsbestandteile und kulturelle Praktiken der stark gefährdeten heiligen Süßwassersümpfe in den Westghats, Indien
Place Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, Indien
Partner Karnataka Forest Department
Funder Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Duration 2013 – 2015

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Tiguet, Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, Senegal (Photo: C. Tegetmeyer)
Project Analyses of Aquatic Warbler wintering habitats in Senegal
Place Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, Senegal
Funder MAVA Foundation, Analyses of Aquatic Warbler wintering habitats in Senegal
Duration 2008 – 2015
Publications

Tegetmeyer C et al. (2014). Modelling habitat suitability in the Aquatic Warbler wintering ground Djoudj National Park in Senegal. The Ostrich 85(1): 57–66. DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2014.892540.

Poluda A et al. (2012). First confirmed connectivity between breeding sites and wintering areas of the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola. Ringing & Migration 27(1): 57–59. DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2012.691250.

Tegetmeyer C et al. (2012). Moult and mobility of the Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola on the West African non-breeding grounds. Journal of Ornithology 153(4): 1045–1051. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0833-3.

Arbeiter S & Tegetmeyer C (2011). Home range and habitat use by the Aquatic Warblers Acrocephalus paludicola on their wintering grounds in Northwestern Senegal. Acta Ornithologica 46: 117–126. DOI: 10.3161/000164511X625883.

Oppel S et al. (2011). High variation reduces the value of feather stable isotope ratios in identifying new wintering areas for aquatic warblers Acrocephalus paludicola in West Africa. Journal of Avian Biology 42(4): 342–354. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05252.x.

Buchanan GM et al. (2011). Identifying the potential wintering sites of the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola using remote sensing. The Ostrich 82(2): 81–85. DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2011.603461.

Flade M et al. (2011). Distribution, ecology and threat status of the Aquatic Warblers (Acrocephalus paludicola) wintering in West Africa. Journal of Ornithology 152 (Supplement 1): 129–140. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0666-5.

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Project Audit Haaksbergerveen
Place Haaksbergerveen, The Netherlands
Funder Staatsbosbeheer
Duration 2007
Publications Joosten H & Leidekker J (2007). Haaksbergerveen. Externe audit. Staatsbosbeheer, Driebergen, 36 p.

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Bargerveen (Photo: H. Joosten)
Project Audit Bargerveen
Place Bargerveen, The Netherlands
Funder Staatsbosbeheer
Duration 2014
Publications Grootjans AP et al. (2015). Bargerveen Externe audit 2014. Staatsbosbeheer, 58 p.

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Ciénega de Zapata  (Photo: H. Joosten)
Project Coastal mires in Cuba
Place Cuba
Duration 2012 – 2014
Publications Schaller C (2014). Naturraumkundliche Untersuchungen in Kubanischen Küstenmooren. Diploma Thesis, Greifswald, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald.

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Flow Country, Scotland (Photo: H. Joosten)
Project "The Flow Country (Scotland) as a blanket bog landscape - A global evaluation" Support of RSPB against wind farm at Strathy South
Place Flow Country, Sutherland and Caithness, Scotland
Partner International Mire Conservation Group Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
Funder Scottish Natural Heritage Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
Duration 2015 – 2016 2015
Publications Szallies I (2016). Feasibility of nominating the Flow Country (Scotland) as a World Natural Heritage Site. Master Thesis, Greifswald, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald.  

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Peat swamp forest in Kalimantan, Indonesia (Photo: H. Joosten)
Project Integrated Management of Peatlands for Biodiversity and Climate Change Central Kalimantan Peatland Project Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership
Place Kalimantan, Indonesia
Partner Wetlands International Headquarters, Wetlands International Indonesia programme Bogor, Global Environment Centre (GEC) Government of Central Kalimantan, University of Palangka Raya, Wetlands International, CARE Indonesia, WWF-Indonesia, Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation Wetlands International, Deltares, CSIRO, Global Carbon Project, University of Helsinki, Remote Sensing Solutions, University of Leicester
Funder UNEP_GEF Government of the Netherlands Government of Australia
Duration 2003 – 2007 2007 – 2009 2009 – 2014
Publications Parish F et al. (eds) (2008). Assessment on peatlands, biodiversity and climate change. Global Environment Centre, Kuala Lumpur and Wetlands International Wageningen, 179 p.

CKPP Consortium (2008). Provisional Report of the Central Kalimantan Peatland Project. Palangka Raya. Link.

Dommain R et al. (2014). Carbon storage and release in Indonesian peatlands since the last deglaciation. Quaternary Science Reviews 97: 1-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.05.002.

Dommain R et al. (2011). Development and carbon sequestration of tropical peat domes in south-east Asia: links to postglacial sea-level changes and Holocene climate variability. Quaternary Science Reviews 30: 999-1010. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.01.018.

Dommain R et al. (2010). Hydrological self-regulation of domed peatlands in south-east Asia and consequences for conservation and restoration. Mires and Peat, Volume 6, Article 05, 1–17. Link.

Couwenberg J et al. (2010). Greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical peatlands in south-east Asia. Global Change Biology 16: 1715- 1732. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02016.x.

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Walking through a swamp forest in Brunei (Photo: H. Joosten)
Project Tip-up pools in tropical peat domes
Place Mendaram, Brunei
Partner Brunei Heart of Borneo Centre, Brunei Forestry Department
Funder National Research Foundation Singapore
Duration 2011
Publication Dommain R et al. (2015). Forest dynamics and tip-up pools drive pulses of high carbon accumulation rates in a tropical peat dome in Borneo (Southeast Asia). Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeoscience 120. DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002796.

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Mire Ispani II (Photo: H. Joosten)
Project The percolation bog Ispani 2 in the Kolkheti plane (Georgia, Transcaucasia) with special respect to hydrology, vegetation, stratigraphy and paleoecology Kolkheti Mire Ecology Baseline Study and Monitoring Perspectives of Sphagnum farming in the Kolkheti lowland in Georgia
Place Ispani 2, Kobuleti, Georgia
Partner Botanical Garden Batumi Makhindjauri
Funder Landesgraduiertenstipendium Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Integrated Coastal Zone Management Centre Georgia German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU-Stipendien-Programm)
Duration 1999 – 2002 2004 – 2006 2007 – 2010
Publications

Kaffke A (2008). Vegetation and site conditions of a Sphagnum percolation bog in the Kolkheti Lowlands (Georgia, Transcaucasia). Phytocoenologia, 38, 161–176. DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2008/0038-0161.

Kaffke A et al. (2002). Early 20th century Russian peat scientists as possible vectors for the establishment of Calluna vulgaris (Linnaeus) Hull in Georgian Sphagnum bogs. Suo 53: 61 – 66.

Kaffke A et al. (2000). Ispani II: the world’s first percolation bog. In: Québec 2000 Millenium Wetland Event, Program with Abstracts, p. 487.

de Klerk P et al. (2009). Vegetation history and environmental development since ca 6000 cal yr BP in and around Ispani 2 (Kolkheti lowlands, Georgia). Quaternary Science Reviews 28: 890-910. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.12.005.

Krebs M & Joosten H (2006). The Golden Fleece in trouble – the endangering of the Kolkheti peatlands (Georgia). International Mire Conservation Group Newsletter 2006/1: 6-9. Link.

Joosten H et al. (2003). The mires of the Kolkheti lowlands (Georgia). IMCG Newsletter 2003/3: 19 – 23. Link.

Machutadze I & Joosten H (2003). Kolkheti mires. Tchaobi, Makhindjauri (Georgia). 40 p.

Krebs M et al. (2016). Record growth of Sphagnum papillosum in Georgia (Transcaucasus): rain frequency, temperature and microhabitat as key drivers in natural bogs. Mires and Peat 18: Article 04, 1–16. DOI: 10.19189/MaP.2015.OMB.190.

Krebs M et al. (2009). A future for Ispani 2 (Kolkheti, Georgia) and adjacent lands. International Mire Conservation Group Newsletter 2009/2: 3-14. Link.

Krebs M et al. (2009). The mires of the Kolkheti Lowlands. In: Gegechkori, A., Joosten, H. (eds.). The biomes of the Caucasus. Draft for the IMCG Field Symposium Georgia/Armenia Sept. 2009.

Krebs M & Matchutadze I (2008). Kolkheti wetlands in 2008. International Mire Conservation Group Newsletter. 2008/1: 6-7. Link.

Krebs M (2008). Perspectives of Sphagnum farming in the Kolkheti lowland (Georgia): first results. Proceedings of the 14 th International Peat Congress. Tullamore. pp. 172-174.

Krebs M & Gaudig G (2005).Torfmoos (Sphagnum) als nachswachsender Rohstoff - Untersuchungen zur Maximierung der Produktivität von Sphagnum papillosum im Regendurchströmungsmoor Ispani 2 (Georgien) (Peat mosses (Sphagnum) as a renewable resource - Investigations on maximising productivity of Sphagnum papillosum in the percolation bog Ispani 2 (Georgia)). Telma 35: 171–189 (in German).

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Imnati mire (Photo: H. Joosten)
Project Kolkheti Mire Ecology Baseline Study and Monitoring
Place Imnati, Poti, Georgia
Partner Botanical Garden Batumi Makhindjauri
Funder Integrated Coastal Zone Management Centre Georgia
Duration 2004 – 2006
Publications

Haberl A et al. (2006). The Imnati mire in the Kolkheti lowland in Georgia. Peatlands International 2006/1: 35-38.

Haberl A (2006). Ecology and hydro-genesis of the Imnati mire (Kolkheti, Georgia): a contribution to the characterization of percolation bogs. Report prepared for the Integrated Coastal Zone Management Centre, Tbilisi. Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald, 25 + VII p.

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Explaining peat stratigraphy during peat coring (Photo: M. Krebs)
Project Adaptation to Climate Change and Protection of Biodiversity through Conserving and Sustainably Using Wetlands in Turkey: Training for Trainers at Lake Abant
Place Lake Abant, Turkey
Funder German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Builiding and Nuclear Safety in the frame of the International Climate Protection Initiative, German Technical Cooperation (gtz)
Duration 2010

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Palm oil plantation Moulia, Gaboon (Photo: H. Joosten)
Project High Carbon Stock Study: Gaboon case study
Place Gaboon
Partner Remote Sensing Solutions GmbH
Funder Sime Darby
Duration 2015
Publications Raison J et al. (2015). Part 3: Gabon Case Study. The HCS+ methodology tested on the ground. The High Carbon Stock Science Study, pp. 75-104. Link.

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Otjironjuba spring at Waterberg, Namibia (Photo:
Project In search of spring mires in Namibia: the Waterberg area revisited
Place Waterberg, Namibia
Duration 2014
Publications Grootjans AP et al. (2015). In search of spring mires in Namibia: the Waterberg area revisited. Mires and Peat 15(10): 1–11. Link.

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Students on a rim raised bog at Tågdalen, Norway (Photo: H. Joosten)
Project Ridge/Rim raised bogs in central Norway
Place Tågdalen, Norway
Partner Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Duration 2006
Publikations Hildebrandt C (2008). Ridge raised bogs in central Norway – an ecological profile. Diploma thesis, Greifswald, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald.

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Afroalpine mire (Carex-Dendrosenecio mire community) at Mount Elgon (Photo: R. Dommain)
Project Peatlands on the Ugandan side of Mount Elgon
Place Mount Elgon, Uganda
Partner Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA)
Duration 2004
Publikations Dommain R(2004). Peatlands on the Ugandan side of Mount Elgon. International Mire Conservation Group Newsletter 2004/3: 9–12. Link.

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Project Surface oscillation in peatlands – an example from New Zealand
Place Opuatia Wetland, New Zealand
Partner University of Waikato, New Zealand
Duration 2005 – 2006
Publikations Fritz C (2007). Spatiotemporal variability of reversible surface elevation changes in peatlands: Opuatia wetland, North Island, NZ. Diploma Thesis, Greifswald, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald.

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Peat coring in North Iran (Photo: H. Joosten)
Project Vegetation and mire developement in Northern Iran
Place Northern Iran
Partner University of Tehran, International Nature Conservation Academy, University of Urmia, Iran, Delft University of Technology
Funder German Research Foundation (DFG), Ministry of Science of Iran
Duration since 2005
Publications

Ramezani E et al. (2016). Between the mountains and the sea: Late Holocene Caspian Sea level fluctuations and vegetation history of the lowland forests of northern Iran. Quaternary International. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.12.041.

Khakpour Saeej M et al. (2013). Palynological reconstruction of 1500 years of vegetation history of Veisar (N Iran). Rostaniha 14: 135-148. (in Persian with English abstract).

Ramezani E et al. (2013). Pollen–vegetation relationships in the central Caspian (Hyrcanian) forests of northern Iran. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 189: 38-49. DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.10.004.

Akhani H et al. (2010). Plant biodiversity of Hyrcanian relict forests, N Iran: An overview of the flora, vegetation, palaeoecology and conservation. Pakistan Journal of Botany 42: 231-258.

Ramezani E et al. (2008). The late-Holocene vegetation history of the Central Caspian (Hyrcanian) forests, Northern Iran. The Holocene 18: 305–319. DOI: 10.1177/0959683607086768.

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Winter in Vasjugan mire complex (Photo: H. Joosten)
Project Developement, Ecology and Conservation of Vasyugan peatland complex, the largest Peatland in the World
Place Vasjugan peatland complex, Oblast Tomsk, Russia
Partner Elena Lapshina (Yugra State University), Wladimir Bleuten (Utrecht University)
Funder Global Peatland Initiative
Duration 2001 – 2003
Publications Tanneberger F et al. (2003). Wohin auch das Auge blicket: Moore, Moorforschung und Moorschutz in Westsibirien. Telma 33: 209–229.

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Mire in Altay Mountains (Photo: H. Joosten)
Project Integrated management of wetlands in Ruoergai Plateau and Altai Mountains to support biodiversity conservation and sustainable development
Place Altay, Xinjiang, China
Partner Xinjiang Altaishan Forestry Bureau, Global Environment Centre (GEC)
Funder EU-China-Biodiversity Programme (ECBP)
Duration 2007 – 2010
Publications

Abdusalih N et al. (2008). Peatlands of the Chinese Altay. Peatlands International 2008/2:24-27. Link.

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Ruoergai Plateau (Photo: M. Schumann)
Project Development, degradation and restoration of peatlands on the Ruoergai Plateau
Place Ruoergai Plateau, Sichuan, China
Partner Forestry bureau in Hongyuan, all partners of Wetlands International - China, Global Environment Centre (GEC), Sichuan Provincial Workstation for Wildlife Resources Survey Conservation and Management, Gansu Wildlife Administration Bureau
Funder UNEP-GEF project ‘Peatlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change’, EU-China-Biodiversity Programme (ECBP) project ‘Integrated management of wetlands in Ruoergai Plateau and Altai Mountains to support biodiversity conservation and sustainable development’
Duration since 2005
Publications

Gao Y, Schumann M, Zeng X & Chen H (2011). Changes of plant communities and soil properties due to degradation of alpine wetlands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology 12: 788-798.

Gao Y, Zeng X, Schumann M & Chen H (2011). Effectiveness of exclosures on restoration of degraded alpine meadow in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau. Arid Land Research and Management 25: 164-175. DOI: 10.1080/15324982.2011.554954.

Schumann M & Joosten H (2008). Peatland restoration assessment Rouergai Plateau. EU-China Biodiversity Programme, Wetlands International China Programme, Beijing, 49 p.

Joosten H, Haberl A & Schumann M (2008). Degradation and restoration of peatlands on the Tibetan Plateau. Peatlands International 2008/1: 31-35.

Joosten H & Schumann M (2007). Hydrogenetic aspects of peatland restoration in Tibet and Kalimantan. Global Environmental Research 11: 195-204.

Schumann M & Joosten H (2007). Development, degradation and restoration of peatlands on the Ruoergai Plateau: A first analysis. Wetlands International China Programme, Beijing, 52 p.

Zhang, X. H., Schumann, M., Gao, Y., Foggin, J. M., Wang, S.-Z. & Joosten, H. (2016) Restoration of high altitude peatlands on the Ruoergai Plateau (Northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China). In: Bonn, A., Allott, T., Evans, M., Joosten, H. & Stoneman, R. (eds.): Peatland restoration and ecosystem services: Science, policy and practice. Cambridge University Press/ British Ecological Society, Cambridge, pp. 234-252.

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Ob valley mire (Photo: F. Tanneberger)
Project Landscape Ecology and Palaeoecology of Ob Valley Mires near Tomsk / Western Siberia
Place Ob Valley mire, near Tomsk, Western Siberia
Partner Elena Lapshina (Yugra State University), Wladimir Bleuten and Martin Wassen (Utrecht University)
Duration 2001 – 2003
Publications

Schipper AM et al. (2007). Vegetation characteristics and eco-hydrological processes in a pristine mire in the Ob River valley (Western Siberia). Plant Ecology 193: 131-145. DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9253-x.

Tanneberger F, Hahne W, & Joosten H (2003). Wohin auch das Auge blicket: Moore, Moorforschung und Moorschutz in Westsibirien. Telma 33: 209 – 229.

Tanneberger, F. and Hahne W. (2003). Landscape Ecology and Palaeoecology of Ob Valley Mires near Tomsk / Western Siberia. Diploma Thesis, Greifswald, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald.

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Project Peatland research in North-East China
Place Hani mire and others, Jilin, China
Partner Northeast Normal University Changchun, Jilin
Funder German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Duration since 2006
Publications

Stebich M et al. (2011). Comments on "Anti-phase oscillation of Asian monsoons during the Younger Dryas period: Evidence from peat cellulose δ13C of Hani, Northeast China" by B. Hong, Y.T. Hong, Q.H. Lin, Yasuyuki Shibata, Masao Uchida, Y.X. Zhu, X.T. Leng, Y. Wang and C.C. Cai [Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 297 (2010) 214-222]. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 310:464-470. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.06.004.

Thiele A (2008). Vegetationsgeschichte eines Talmoores in Nordost-China. Telma, 38:79–100.

Schröder C et al. (2007). Hani-Mire – A percolation mire in Northeast China. Peatlands International, 2007/2:21-24.

Thiele A & Schröder C (2007). Das Hani-Moor im Nordosten Chinas (Jilin) - Moorökologische und landschaftsökologische Untersuchungen eines Talmoores (German with Engl. Summary). Diploma thesis, Greifswald, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald.

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Yakutia (Photo: H. Joosten)
Project Guest lectorship in Quarternary Palynology
Place Yakutsk, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia
Partner Biological and Geographical Faculty, North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU)
Funder German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Duration 2003

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Rice paddies in Vietnam (Photo: H. Joosten)
Project Palaeoecology of the Red River Delta in the Holocene: A palynological approach
Place Red River, Vietnam
Partner Vietnam National University (VNU), State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe
Funder Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam (MOET)
Duration 2003 – 2006
Publications

Nguyen TD et al. (2015). Presence of Camptotheca in the Red River Delta (North Vietnam) during the Holocene revealed by palynological studies. European Journal of Medicinal Plants, 5:260-271. Link

Nguyen TD (2006). Palaeoecology of the Red River Delta in the Holocene : a palynological approach. Greifswald, Univ., Dissertation.

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Chokurdach (Photo: H. Joosten)
Project Polygons in tundra wetlands: state and dynamics under climate variability in Polar Regions (POLYGON)
Place Chokurdakh, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia
Partner Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Moscow State Lomonosov-University (MSU), Herzen State Pedagogical University, University of Hamburg, North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU)
Funder German Research Foundation (DFG), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Duration since 2003
Publications

Teltewskoi A et al. (2016). 4000 years of changing wetness in a permafrost polygon peatland (Kytalyk, NE Siberia): A comparative high-resolution multi-proxy study. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 27: 76–95. DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1869.

Gao Y & Couwenberg J (2015). Carbon accumulation in a permafrost polygon peatland: steady long-term rates in spite of shifts between dry and wet conditions. Global Change Biology, 21:803–815, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12742.

de Klerk P et al. (2014). Vegetation patterns, pollen deposition and distribution of non-pollen palynomorphs in an ice-wedge polygon near Kytalyk (NE Siberia), with some remarks on Arctic pollen morphology. Polar Biology, 37:1393–1412, DOI: 10.1007/s00300-014-1529-3.

Donner N et al. (2012). Patterns in polygon mires in north-eastern Yakutia, Siberia: The role of vegetation and water. In: Lindholm T & Heikkilä R (eds.): Mires from pole to pole. The Finnish Environment, 38:19-30. Link

de Klerk P et al. (2011). Short-term dynamics of a low-centred ice-wedge polygon near Chokurdakh (NE Yakutia, NE Siberia) and climate change during the last ca. 1250 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30:3013-3031, DOI :10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.06.016.

Minke M et al (2009). Patterns in vegetation composition, surface height and thaw depth in polygon mires in the Yakutian Arctic (NE Siberia): A microtopographical characterisation of the active layer. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 20:357–368, DOI: 10.1002/ppp.663.

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Vegetation survey close to Pokhodsk (Photo: H. Joosten)
Project Polygons in tundra wetlands: state and dynamics under climate variability in Polar Regions (POLYGON)
Place Chersky, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia
Partner Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Moscow State Lomonosov-University (MSU), Herzen State Pedagogical University, University of Hamburg, North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU)
Funder German Research Foundation (DFG), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Duration since 2003
Publications

Minke M et al. (2008). Spatial and temporal variation in carbon accumulation in a Northeast Siberian arctic polygon mire over the last millennium. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 10, EGU2008-A-07425.

Minke M et al. (2007). Distribution, diversity, development and dynamics of polygon mires: examples from Northeast Yakutia (Siberia). Peatlands International 2007/1:36-40.

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Project Ecology and palaeoecology of Alborn Fen (Minnesota) with special attention to pattern formation
Place Alborn Fen, Minnesota, USA
Partner Paul Glaser, University of Minnesota
Funder German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Publikationen Dommain R (2007). Ecology and palaeoecology of Alborn Fen (Minnesota) with special attention to pattern formation. Diploma Thesis, Greifswald, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald.

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Rano Aroi mire (Photo: O. Margalef)
Project Geochemistry and peatland infill characterizations of Rano Aroi (Easter Island) as indicators of long-term wetland environmental evolution
Place Rano Aroi, Easter Island, Chile
Partner Olga Margalef, Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Funder Spanish Ministry of Science and Education (LAVOLTER, GEOBILA and CONSOLIDER GRACCIE)
Publications Margalef O et al. (2013). A 70,000 year multiproxy record of climatic and environmental change from Rano Aroi peatland (Easter Island). Global and Planetary Change, 108:72-84, DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.05.016.

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Marcapomacocha bofedales peatland (Photo: H. Joosten)
Project Mires in the Peruvian Andes
Place Peru
Publications

Passuni EO and Maldonado Fonkén MS (2014/2015). Relationships between aquatic invertebrates, water quality and vegetation in an Andean peatland system. Mires and Peat 15: Art. 14. Link.

Maldonado Fonkén, M.S. (2014): An introduction to the bofedales of the Peruvian High Andes. Mires and Peat 15: Art. 5. Link.

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Val de Andorra, Tierra del Fuego (Photo: W. Hahne)
Project Peatlands in Tierra del Fuego
Place Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Partner University of Groningen, Radboud University Nijmegen, Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Duration since 2000
Publications

Grootjans A et al. (2014). Mires and mire types of Peninsula Mitre, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Mires and Peat 14: Art. 1. Link.

Grootjans A et al. (2010). Ecohydrological features of some contrasting mires in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Mires and Peat 6: Art. 1. Link.

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Project Revitalisation of the Nature Conservation Area (NSG) "Hangquellmoor Binsenberg"
Place Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Partner Water and Soil Association "Lower Tollense – Middle Peene" (Jarmen), Land Association (Landgesellschaft) Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Leetzen), Engineering firm Seidlein and Schmidt (Stralsund and Demmin), Planning office ILN plus (Greifswald), Professorship for hydrology at the University of Rostock
Funder FöRiGeF, ELER-Programme/EU
Duration 2012 – 2013

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Project Peatland revitalisation in the Sernitz Valley
Place Brandenburg, Germany
Partner Landesamt für Umwelt, Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz (LUGV) Brandenburg
Funder Naturschutzfonds Brandenburg, EULife, Natura 2000
Duration 10/2011 – 03/2017

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Project Paludiculture and Adapted Peatland Protection in Brandenburg
Place Brandenburg, Germany
Partner Engineering consultancy p2m (Berlin)
Funder Landesamt für Umwelt, Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz (LUGV) Brandenburg
Duration 08/2011 – 12/2012

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Project Preservation and Restoration of Alkaline Fens in Brandenburg
Place Brandenburg, Germany
Partner Naturschutzfonds Brandenburg
Funder Naturschutzfonds Brandenburg, EULife, Natura 2000
Duration 01/2010 – 06/2015

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Project Peatlands in the EU Regulatory Environment Case Study from the New Member States (Poland)
Place Poland
Partner Generalna Dyrekcja Ochrony Środowiska (GDOS)
Duration 05/2015 – 11/2015

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Project Ecosystem functions of peatlands in Kyrgyzstan’s high mountains
Place Kyrgystan
Partner Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture, Humboldt University, Berlin, Informus GmbH, Camp Alatoo, Ministry of Agriculture in the Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyz National Agrarian University
Funder "Capacity development for sustainable energy and climate policy in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia"-programme of the International Climate Initiative (ICI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GiZ)
Duration 12/2012 – 12/2013
Publications Brochure "Peatlands ecosystems in Kyrgyztan" (German/Russian only), Link.

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Project Peatland restauration in Ukraine
Place Ukraine
Partner Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB, Great Britain), Ukrainian Society for the Protection of Birds (USPB, Ukraine), Government of Ukraine
Funder International Climate Initiative (ICI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)
Duration 12/2009 – 12/2012

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Project Rewetting and Sustainable Management of Peatlands - A Climate Protection Project with Benefits for the Economy and Biodiversity
Place Belarus
Partner Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB, Great Britain), APB-Birdlife Belarus, Environmental programme of the UN (UNDP) in Belarus, Ministry for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus
Funder International Climate Initiative (ICI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)
Laufzeit 11/2008 – 12/2011
Publications Tanneberger F et al. (2011). Carbon credits from peatland rewetting Climate – biodiversity – land use. Schweizerbart Science Publishers, Stuttgart.

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Project Wetland Energy - Sustainable Use of Wet Peatlands in Belarus
Place Belarus
Partner International Sacharov Environmental University (ISEU), Institute for Nature Management (IfNM), National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, BelTopGaz Lida Peat Factory
Funder EuropeAid-programme "Environmental protection and sustainable cultivation of natural resources, including energy” (European Commission)
Duration 12/2010 – 12/2015
Publications

Wichtmann W et al. (2014). Combustibility of biomass from wet fens in Belarus and its potential as a substitute for peat in fuel briquettes. Mires and Peat, Volume 13 (2013/2014), Article 6:1–10. Link

Wichtmann W et al. (2012). Production of biomass in wet peatlands (paludiculture). The EU-AID project `Wetland Energy` in Belarus – solutions for the substitution of fossil fuels (peat briquettes) by biomass from wet peatlands. Bioenergieforum Rostock. Link

Wichtmann W et al. (2012). Using biomass as a substitute for peat – examples for wet peatland management (paludiculture) in Belarus. Proceedings of the IPS congress in Stockholm, June 2012. Link

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Project Assessing the carbon footprint of the Zehlau Mire
Place Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
Partner NGO Natural Heritage Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad University, Ecological-historical Museum at Wystiter Lake/Kaliningrad
Funder German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Federal Envirnoment Agency within the Legal Aid Program for Environmental Protection in Central and Eastern European countries
Duration 10/2009 – 10/2010
Publications Schwill S et al. (2010). Greenhouse gas emissions of peatlands; Methodology for the assessment of climate relevance – case study Zehlau peatland. Michael Succow Foundation, Greifswald.

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Project Peatland Restoration in Russia Restoration and Preservation of Peatlands in the European Part of Russia – Development of a Decision Support System (DSS)
Place European part of Russia (Moscow, Tver, Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod) European part of Russia
Partner Wetlands International (Netherlands, Russia), Institute of Forest Science at the Russian Academy of Sciences Wetlands International (Russia), Institute of Forest Science at the Russian Academy of Sciences
Funder International Climate Initiative (ICI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) International Climate Initiative of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (gtz) GmbH
Duration 07/2011 – 12/2016 01/2010 – 12/2010
Publications   Abel S et al. (2011). A Decision Support System for degraded abandonded peatlands illustrated by reference to peatlands in the Russian Federation. Michael Succow Foundation, Greifswald.

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Project Restoration potentials of percolation mires
Place Polders of Trebel and Peene valley, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Funder Ministry of Agriculture, the Environment and Consumer Protection of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, programme FöRiGeF
Duration 10/2009 – 09/2012
Publications Zerbe S et al. (2013). Restoration of ecosystem services after 10 years of rewetting peatlands in NE Germany. Environmental Management, 51:1194–1209, DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0048-2.

Steffenhagen P et al. (2012). Biomass and nutrient stock of submersed and floating macrophytes in shallow lakes formed by rewetting of degraded fens. Hydrobiologia, 692(1):99-109, DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0833-y.

Schulz K et al. (2011). The effect of flooding on carbon and nutrient standing stocks of helophyte biomass in rewetted fens. Hydrobiologia, 674(1):25-40, DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0782-5.

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Project Eurasian Peatlands in a changing climate Carbo-North – Quantifying the carbon budget in Northern Russia: past, present, future
Place Salmisuo mire complex, Mekrijärvi, Karelia, Finland Salmisuo mire complex, Mekrijärvi, Karelia, Finland
Funder German Research Foundation (DFG), Emmy Noether-Programm European Union Sixth Framework Programme (FP6)
Duration 01/2007 – 03/2016 11/2006 – 04/2010
Publications

Gazovic M et al. (2013). Hydrology driven ecosystem respiration determines the carbon balance of a boreal peatland. Science of the Total Environment, 463-464:675–682, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.077.

Dorodnikov M et al. (2011). Plant-mediated CH4 transport and contribution of photosynthates to methanogenesis at a boreal mire: a 14C pulse-labeling study. Biogeosciences, 8(8):2365-2375, DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-2365-2011.

Forbrich I et al. (2011). Cross-evaluation of measurements of peatland methane emissions on microform and ecosystem scales using high-resolution landcover classification and source weight modelling. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 151(7):864–874, DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.02.006.

Forbrich I et al. (2010). A comparison of linear and exponential regression for estimating diffusive CH4 fluxes by closed-chamber in peatlands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 42(3):507-515, DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.12.004.

Wu J et al. (2010). Evapotranspiration dynamics in a boreal peatland and its impact on the water and energy balance. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, G04038, DOI: 10.1029/2009JG001075.

Jager DF et al. (2009). The influence of summer seasonal extremes on dissolved organic carbon export from a boreal peatland catchment: Evidence from one dry and one wet growing season. Science of the Total Environment, 407(4):1373-1382, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.10.005.

Schneider J et al. (2009). Overestimation of CO2 respiration fluxes by the closed chamber method in low-turbulence nighttime conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, G03005, DOI: 10.1029/2008JG000909.

Becker T et al. (2008). Do we miss the hot spots? – The use of very high resolution aerial photographs to quantify carbon fluxes in peatlands. Biogeosciences, 5:1387-1393, DOI: 10.5194/bg-5-1387-2008.

Gazovic M et al. (2013). Hydrology driven ecosystem respiration determines the carbon balance of a boreal peatland. Science of the Total Environment, 463-464:675–682, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.077.

Schneider J et al. (2009). Overestimation of CO2 respiration fluxes by the closed chamber method in low-turbulence nighttime conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, G03005, DOI: 10.1029/2008JG000909.

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Oak at Anklamer Stadtbruch (Photo: Scharnweber)
Project ICLEA - Virtual Institute of Integrated Climate and Landscape Evolution Analyses
Place Anklamer Stadtbruch, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Funder Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Duration 01/2012 – 12/2016
Publications Scharnweber T (2015). New insights for the interpretation of ancient bog oak chronologies? Reactions of oak (Quercus robur L.) to a sudden peatland rewetting. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 417:534–543, DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.10.017.

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Project Eurasian Peatlands in a changing climate Carbo-North - Quantifying the carbon budget in Northern Russia: past, present, future
Place Ust-Pojeg mire complex, Komi Republic, NW-Russia Ust-Pojeg mire complex, Komi Republic, NW-Russia
Funder German Research Foundation (DFG), Emmy Noether-Programm European Union Sixth Framework Programme (FP6)
Duration 01/2007 – 03/2016 11/2006 – 04/2010
Publications

Runkle BRK (2014). The surface energy balance and its drivers in a boreal peatland fen of northwestern Russia. Journal of Hydrology, 511:359-373, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.01.056.

Schneider J et al. (2012). Carbon dioxide exchange fluxes of a boreal peatland over a complete growing season, Komi Republic, NW Russia. Biogeochemistry, 111:485-513, DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9684-x.

Gazovic M et al. (2010). Diurnal dynamics of CH4 from a boreal peatland during snowmelt. Tellus B, 62(3):133–139, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00455.x.

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Tree coring at the Maennikjaerve bog (Photo: AG Wilmking)
Project Eurasian Peatlands in a changing climate
Place Maennikjaerve bog, Estland
Funder German Research Foundation (DFG), Emmy Noether-Programm
Duration 01/2007 – 03/2016
Publications Smiljanic M et al. (2014). Peatland pines as a proxy for water table fluctuations: Disentangling tree growth, hydrology and possible human influence. Science of the Total Environment, 500-501:52–63, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.056.

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Project SPARPAN
Place Kaliningrad, Russia
Partner UBA
Funder BMU
Duration 11/2019 - 06/2021

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Projekt Moorklimaschutz durch Kapazitätsaufbau (MoKKa)
Ort M-V/Germany
Partner Ostseestiftung, University of Greifswald
Förderer

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection

Laufzeit 12/2021-11/2024
Projektname TyphaSubstrat
Partner Greifswald University, Forschungsring e.V. Darmstadt, Wellink GmbH Stadtlohn
Förderer BMEL via FNR
Laufzeit 11/2021 – 10/2024

 

WaterLANDS
Project Name: Water-based solutions for carbon storage, people and wilderness
Location Europe
Partner University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland and brings together 31 other organisations from research, industry, government and non-profit sectors in 14 European countries.
Funding European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement no. 101036484 (WaterLANDS)
Duration 12.2021-11.2026

List of projects

Running projects:

Acronym Title Partner Duration Funding
ALFAwetlands Wetland restoration for the future Austria:International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, European Wilderness Society; Belgium: Research Institute Nature and Forest, Society for Ecological Restoration Europe; Estonia: University of Tartu; Finland: Luke – Natural Resources Institute; Finnish Meteorological Institute; France: French National Center for Scientific Research, Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment Germany: Succow Foundation; Latvia: Silava; Lithuania: Latvian State Forest Research Institute; Netherlands: Wetlands International; Spain: Ecological and Forestry Applications Research Centre, University of Barcelona; Sweden: Stockholm University 06/2022 - 11/2026 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101056844.
Bio-NET Multi-level assessment of Bio-based Negative Emission Technologies Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ), Thuenen Institute for International Forestry and Forest Economics (TI-IFFE), Justus-Liebig-University Gießen (JLU), University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz (HSZG), Technical University Munich (TUM) 01/2022 - 12/2024 Federal Ministry of Education and Research
CuliMoor Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in rewetted peatlands and the assessment of the occurrence of zoonoses Friedrich-Löffler-Institute, Greifswald Mire Centre (GMC), Institute for Botany and Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald 03/2023 - 02/2026 BMEL
EDELNASS Refining wet grassland biomass into platform chemicals, packaging, fibre castings and paper University of Greifswald, University of Hohenheim, University of Albstadt-Sigmaringen, WALA Heilmittel GmbH 07/2023 - 06/2026 FNR, commissioned by: BMEL
GreenContainer Lightweight construction from Typha plants in circular architecture: the "Green Container” example University of Greifswald, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Ostwestfalen-Lippe 10/2023 - 09/2025 WIR!, Plant³, BMBF, PTJ
MoKKa Mire protection through capacity building Ostseestiftung, University of Greifswald 12/2021 - 11/2024 Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safetyand Consumer Protection (BMUV)
MoorNet R+D MoorNet Specialist support for the implementation of the National Peatland Protection Strategy and networking of stakeholders
Ecologic Institut (coordination), DUENE e.V. (Partner in Greifswald Mire Centre) 11/2022 - 03/2026 Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
Moor-PV Climate and peatland protection by combination of photovoltaics and peatland rewetting University of Greifswald 01/2024- 12/2026 Joachim Herz Stiftung
MOOSland Peat moss paludiculture as a sustainable agricultural use of raised bog soils Stiftung Naturschutz im Landkereis Diepholz, Universität Osnabrück, Universität Vechta, Torfwerk Moorkultur Ramsloh 10/2023 - 12/2032 BMEL
OptiMuM Optimierung der Hochmoor-Renaturierung und Monitoring in der Praxis – Ökosystemleistungen, Monitoring und Wissenstransfer

Naturschutzstiftung Cuxhaven, University of Rostock, University of Greifswald

11/2023- 10/2028 Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz und Aktionsprogramm Natürlicher Klimaschutz (ANK)
PaludiAllianz Building scalable value chains with Paludiculture biomass from rewetted peatlands in Germany in alliance with economic actors

Michael Succow Foundation, Umweltstiftung Michael Otto, University of Greifswald

03/2024 - 12/2024 FNR
Paludi-Product Paludi-Product - bio-based plastic products from paludiculture University of Greifswald 10/2022 - 09/2025 Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
PaludiMV Paludi-Vorhaben in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Landgesellschaft M-V

09/2021 - 08/2031

Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
PaludiZentrale Coordination of four model and demonstration projects on peatland soil protection and the use of biomass from rewetted areas. Wald- und Fischerei-Institut für Agrarklimaschutz Thünen Institute, Michael Succow Foundation

10/2023 - 12/2032

BMEL
Plant³ Integration of water buffalos into the value chains of paludiculture  and plant based bioeconomy Greifswald University; Rostock University 02/2022 - 02/2025 The program "WIR! – Wandel durch Innovation in der Region" of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
PRINCESS Peatland Rewetting In Nitrogen-Contaminated Environments: Synergies and trade-offs between biodiversity, climate, water quality and Society Greifswald University, NIBIO, Antwerp University, University of Vienna, Warsaw University, LUKE 04/2021 - 03/2025 BiodivErsA
(BiodivClim)
SoMoMed Sundew and cloudberry as medicinal plants in paludiculture University of Greifswald 01/2023 - 12/2025 BMEL via FNR
TyphaSubstrat Harvesting and use of cattail biomass as an alternative raw material in growing media for vegetable cultivation University of Greifswald, Forschungsring e.V. Darmstadt, Wellink GmbH Stadtlohn 11/2021 - 10/2024 BMEL via FNR
VALPEATS Valuation of Peatland Ecosystem Services Fraunhofer-Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD Rostock, Univerisity of Greifswald 09/2023 - 12/2025 Bundes- und Landesinitiative für Biogene Wertschöpfung und Smart Farming
WaterLANDS Water-based solutions for carbon storage, people and wilderness University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland and brings together 31 other organisations from research, industry, government and non-profit sectors in 14 European countries. 12/2021 - 11/2026 European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement no. 101036484 (WaterLANDS)
Wet Horizons Providing the critical flying start for the challenge of enhancing wetland restoration Aarhus University, Radboud University Nijmegen, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Potsdam Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Greifswald Moor Centrum, Finnish Metereological Institute, Wetlands International, LSCE Laboratory for Sciences of Climate and Environment, Global Peatlands Initiative, European Science Communication Institute 09/2022 - 08/2026 European Union
WieMoDämm WIR! - Plant3 – production of insulation material from dominant paludiculture species from rewetted peatlands Hanffaserfabrik Ueckermark eG, Wismar University of Applied Sciences, University of Greifswald, GEKO Maschinenbau GmbH 04/2024 - 12/2025 BMBF

Closed Projects:

Acronym Title Partner Duration Funding
  Adaptation to Climate Change and Protection of Biodiversity through Conserving and Sustainably Using Wetlands in Turkey: Training for Trainers at Lake Abant   2010  
ALNUS Restoration of fens by afforestation with Alder Landesforst Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) 04/2002 - 09/2005  
  Analyses of Aquatic Warbler wintering habitats in Senegal   2008 - 2015  
  Aquatic Warbler & biomass LIFE+ Project OTOP BirdLife Poland and others 2010 - 2014  
  Assessing the carbon footprint of the Zehlau Mire NGO Natural Heritage Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad University, Ecological-historical Museum at Wystiter Lake/Kaliningrad 10/2009 - 10/2010  
  Audit Bargerveen   2014  
  Audit Haaksbergerveen   2007  
BaltRap The Baltic Sea and its Southern Lowlands: Proxy-Environment interactions in times of rapid changes IOW-The Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemünde,
GFZ Potsdam - German Research Centre for Geosciences /Helmholtz Centre),
IGB Berlin (Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries,
University of Greifswald
02/2017 - 01/2020 WGL-Leibnitz-Association
BOnaMoor Optimising production and combustion of biomass from wet fens Greifswald University, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (University of Applied Sciences) 11/2018 - 10/2021 Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
  Carbon capturing by Baltic peatland farmers – Practical exchange for paludiculture & carbon farming Estonian Fund for Nature, Lake and Peatland research Centre Latvia; Foundation for Peatland Restoration and Conservation Lithuania 01/2019 - 06/2021 European Climate Initiative
Carbo-North Quantifying the carbon budget in Northern Russia: past, present, future   11/2006 - 04/2010  
  Central Kalimantan Peatland Project Government of Central Kalimantan, University of Palangka Raya, Wetlands International, CARE Indonesia, WWF-Indonesia, Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation 2007 - 2009  
CINDERELLA Comparative analysis, INtegration anD ExemplaRy implEmentation of cLimate smart LAnd use practices on organic soils: Progressing paludicultures after centuries of peatland destruction and neglect Greifswald University (D), Halmstad University (S), Radboud University Nijmegen (NL), Aarhus University (DK) 1.2.2015 - 31.1.2018  
CLEARANCE Circular Economy Approach to River pollution by Agricultural Nutrients with use of Carbon-storing Ecosystems Greifswald University; Aarhus University; University of Warsaw; Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Radboud University Nijmegen; IGB Berlin; Green Management Group 04/2017 - 03/2020 European Union (EU); Innovationsfonds Denmark (IFD); Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL); National Centre for Research and Development in Poland (NCBR) in context of ERA-NET
  Conserving Acrocephalus paludicola in Poland and Germany OTOP BirdLife Poland and others 2005 - 2011  
DESIRE Development of sustainable peatland management Warsaw University of Life Sciences, OTOP, Bialystok Technical University, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuanian Fund for Nature, Ministry for Natural Resources and Ecology of Kaliningrad Region, Natural Heritage NGO Kaliningrad 02/2021 - 01/2022  
  Developement, Ecology and Conservation of Vasyugan peatland complex, the largest Peatland in the World Elena Lapshina (Yugra State University), Wladimir Bleuten (Utrecht University) 2001 - 2003  
DIAPOL-CE Policy Dialogue on Low Emission Development: Political Dialogues for Climate Change and Peatland Management in the Nile Basin Nile Basin Initiative, GIZ-Uganda, Ministry of Water and Environment Uganda 1/02/2021 - 31/01/2022 Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
  Ecosystem functions of peatlands in Kyrgyzstan’s high mountains Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture, Humboldt University, Berlin, Informus GmbH, Camp Alatoo, Ministry of Agriculture in the Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyz National Agrarian University 12/2012 - 12/2013  
ENIM Biomass for energy from fens University of Applied Sciences of Stralsund, LedA – Die Agentur für Landwirtschaft und Naturschutz, Landwirtschaftsbetrieb Hans Voigt (Neukalen), Gesellschaft für Motoren und Kraftanlagen mbH (GMK) 2007 - 2009  
  Eurasian Peatlands in a changing climate   01/2007 - 03/2016  
  Feasibility assessment for a World Heritage nomination of the Colchic Forests and Wetlands under the natural criteria WWF Caucasus, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia (MoE) and the Agency of Protected Areas of Georgia (APA) 08/2016 - 01/2018  
  "The Flow Country (Scotland) as a blanket bog landscape - A global evaluation" International Mire Conservation Group 2015 - 2016  
  Flächenrecherche zu Paludikultur in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern DUENE e.V. 11/2017 - 10/2018 Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with capital of the ELER and the EIP-Agri
  Generational change   11/2019 - 10/2022 Norddeutsche Stiftung für Umwelt und Entwicklung (NUE)
GPI Global Peatland Initiative Michael Succow Stiftung, DUENE e.V. 11/2019 - 10/2022 Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) within the International Initiative for Climate Protection (IKI)
  Golden Helmet from the Peel: Study of the natural context of the finding place   1994 - 2006  
  Guest lectorship in Quarternary Palynology Biological and Geographical Faculty, North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) 2003  
  High Carbon Stock Study: Gaboon case study Remote Sensing Solutions GmbH 2015  
ICLEA Virtual Institute of Integrated Climate and Landscape Evolution Analyses   01/2012 - 12/2016  
  JugendKlimaRedaktion Salon5_ Succow Foundation, Correctiv 2022 Ehrenamtsstiftung (Volunteering Foundation)
  In search of spring mires in Namibia: the Waterberg area revisited   2014  
  Integrated Management of Peatlands for Biodiversity and Climate Change Wetlands International Headquarters, Wetlands International Indonesia programme Bogor, Global Environment Centre (GEC) 2003 - 2007  
  Integrated management of wetlands in Ruoergai Plateau and Altai Mountains to support biodiversity conservation and sustainable development Xinjiang Altaishan Forestry Bureau, Global Environment Centre (GEC) 2007 - 2010  
INVESTIGATE Improving national GHG inventories for organic soils and mitigation potential of wet land use SILAVA Lettland; DUENE e.V.; Michael Succow Foundation 11/2017 - 10/2018 The European Climate Initiative (EUKI)
  Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership Wetlands International, Deltares, CSIRO, Global Carbon Project, University of Helsinki, Remote Sensing Solutions, University of Leicester 2009 - 2014  
KLIBB Climate-friendly, bio-diversity-supporting cultivation of low moor grounds Humboldt University of Berlin; Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development; Greifswald University 07/2017 - 10/2020 Federal Agency for Nature Conservation(BfN)
  Kolkheti Mire Ecology Baseline Study and Monitoring Botanical Garden Batumi Makhindjauri 2004 - 2006  
  Landscape Ecology and Palaeoecology of Ob Valley Mires near Tomsk / Western Siberia Elena Lapshina (Yugra State University), Wladimir Bleuten and Martin Wassen (Utrecht University) 2001 - 2003  
  Landschaftsbestandteile und kulturelle Praktiken der stark gefährdeten heiligen Süßwassersümpfe in den Westghats, Indien Karnataka Forest Department 2013 - 2015  
LIFE OrgBalt Demonstration of climate change mitigation potential of nutrients rich organic soils in Baltic States and Finland Silava Latvian State Forest Research Institute, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Latvia, BaltCoasts Association Baltic Coasts, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestr, University of Tartu, LUKE Natural Resources Institute Finland, Succow Foundation 08/2019 - 08/2023 EU LIFE
MeerGewinn Nutrient retention by production of renewable resources in constructed wetlands (German Only) TP Haffküste GmbH, Joachim Krüger Pflanzenkläranlagen GmbH, Greifswald University, SCity of Loitz, Innovations- und Bildungszentrum Hohen-Luckow e.V, Hanffaser Uckermark eG, REAS Sweden 2016 - 2019 Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with capital of the ELER and the EIP-Agri
MoKli Mire- and Climate Protection (MoKli)–implement practicable solutions with land users  Michael Succow Stiftung, Universität Greifswald, Deutscher Verband für Landschaftspflege e.V. (DVL) 03/2019 - 02/2022 Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) within the National Climate Protection Initiative (NKI)
MoorDialog German Mire Protection Dialogue (German Only) Greifswald University; Michael Succow Foundation; DUENE e.V. 11/2015 - 05/2019 National Climate Protection initiative of the BMU
MoorReaktor Development of exhibition concepts for art formats in the climate context Monas Collective, Greifswald Mire Centre 08/2023 - 07/2024 Deutsche Postcode Lotterie
MOOSWEIT Peat moss cultivation for climate-friendly moor development (German Only) Torfwerk Moorkultur Ramsloh Werner Koch GmbH & Co. KG (MoKuRa), University of Rostock, Carl-von-Ossietzky-University Oldenburg, Greifswald University 02/2016 - 01/2019 Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie, Bauen und Klimaschutz; European Regional Development Fund (EFRE); Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
MOOSFARM   Hartmann Ingenieure GmbH (HI), Institute of Agricultural and Urban Ecological Projects at the Humboldt-University in Berlin (IASP), Klasmann-Deilmann GmbH (KD), Torfwerk Moorkultur Ramsloh Werner Koch GmbH & Co. KG (MoKuRa), mst-Dränbedarf GmbH (mst), Niedersächsische Rasenkulturen NIRA GmbH & Co. KG (NIRA), Greifswald University 07/2007 - 04/2010  
MOOSGRÜN   Deutsche Torfgesellschaft mbH (DTG), Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences (HWST), Hydrotelm and Dr. Dittrich & Partner Hydro-Consult GmbH (Hydrotelm), Research Institute for horticulture Bad Zwischenahn (LVG), Torfwerk Moorkultur Ramsloh Werner Koch GmbH & Co. KG (MoKuRa), Dr. Christoph Muster, University of Rostock, Greifswald University 10/2010 - 06/2014  
MOOSZUCHT Breeding and mass propagation of peat moss in Sphagnum farming to create a sustainable supply of renewable raw material for horticultural growing media University of Freiburg, Institute of Biology II, Plant Biotechnology; Karlruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Process Engineering in Life Sciences III -  Bioprocess Engineering; Niedersächsische Rasenkulturen NIRA GmbH & Co. KG; Greifswald University, Institute of Botany and Landscape ecology 05/2017 - 05/2020 Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
MORGEN Peatland revitalization for climate adaptation in Greifswald – Perspectives through wet peatland use Michael Succow Foundation, Greifswald University 01/2018 - 09/2021 Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
  Nile Basin: Assessment of Carbon (CO2) emissions avoidance potential of peatlands Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit 02/2019 - 11/2019 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
OptiMoos Optimising Sphagnum farming: water management, climate impact, biodiversity & product development University of Greifswald, University of Rostock, Carl-von-Ossietzky-University Oldenburg, Research Institute for horticulture Hannover-Ahlem 11/2019 - 12/2022 Lower Saxony Ministry for Environment, Energy and Climate Protection, European Regional Development Fund (EFRE)
  Palaeoecology of the Red River Delta in the Holocene: A palynological approach Vietnam National University (VNU), State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe 2003 - 2006  
  Paludiculture and Adapted Peatland Protection in Brandenburg Engineering consultancy p2m (Berlin) 08/2011 - 12/2012  
Paludiculture in the Baltics

Paludiculture in the Baltics, Potential and Capacities for climate protection through productive use of rewetted peatlands

Michael Succow Foundation, Estonian Fund for Nature, Lithuanian Fund for Nature 10/2017 – 02/2020 Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU); Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Paludi-PRIMA Putting Paludiculture into Practice: Integration – Management – Cultivation Greifswald University, State Research Institute for Agriculture and Fisheries Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 05/2019 - 04/2022 Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
  Peatland restauration in Ukraine Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB, Great Britain), Ukrainian Society for the Protection of Birds (USPB, Ukraine), Government of Ukraine 12/2009 – 12/2012  
  Path to sustainable management of peatlands in North Kalimantan   08/2020 - 08/2021 GIZ Indonesia
  Peatland Restoration in Russia Wetlands International (Netherlands, Russia), Institute of Forest Science at the Russian Academy of Sciences 07/2011 - 12/2016  
  Peatland revitalisation in the Sernitz Valley Landesamt für Umwelt, Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz (LUGV) Brandenburg 10/2011 - 03/2017  
  Peatlands and carbon flows. Outlook and importance for the Netherlands Wageningen University and Research centre, Utrecht University 2008 - 2009  
  Peatlands in the EU Regulatory Environment Case Study from the New Member States (Poland) Generalna Dyrekcja Ochrony Środowiska (GDOS) 05/2015 - 11/2015  
  Peatlands on the Ugandan side of Mount Elgon Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) 2004  
PeatRus Peatland Restoration in Russia Greifswald University; Michael Succow Foundation; Wetlands International; Russian Academy of Sciences 01/2017 - 12/2023 KfW; BMU
  The percolation bog Ispani 2 in the Kolkheti plane (Georgia, Transcaucasia) with special respect to hydrology, vegetation, stratigraphy and paleoecology Botanical Garden Batumi Makhindjauri 1999 - 2002  
  Perspectives of Sphagnum farming in the Kolkheti lowland in Georgia Botanical Garden Batumi Makhindjauri 2007 - 2010  
Plant3 Knowledge. Innovation. Change. Strategies for high-quality refinement of plant-based resources in north-east Germany Enzymicals AG; Wirtschaftsfördergesellschaft Vorpommern mbH; WITENO Wissenschafts + Technologiepark NORD°OST° GmbH; Greifswald University 04/2018 – 10/2018 Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
  Preservation and Restoration of Alkaline Fens in Brandenburg Naturschutzfonds Brandenburg 01/2010 - 06/2015  
PROSUGA   Institute of Agricultural and Urban Ecological Projects at the Humboldt-University in Berlin (IASP), Greifswald University, Institute of Botany and Landscape ecology; Humboldt-University of Berlin, Institute of Horticultural Sciences; Torfwerk Moorkultur Ramsloh Werner Koch GmbH & Co. KG (MoKuRa); mst-Dränbedarf GmbH (mst); Niedersächsische Rasenkulturen NIRA GmbH & Co. KG (NIRA); Rosengut Langerwisch GmbH & Co. KG (RoLa) 04/2010 - 03/2013  
  Protecting habitats of the Aquatic Warbler and improving ecological conditions of the Baltic Sea by optimising water management in Rozwarowo Marshes SPA, Poland Agronatura 2016 - 2017  
ReedBASE Development of a transboundary innovation plattform/cluster for the sustainable utlilisation of reed biomass Michael Succow Foundation (DE), Institute of Market Problems and Economic and Ecological Research - IMPEER (UA), NGO - Agricola (UA), NGO - Cross-border Cooperation and European Integration Agency (ACTIE) (MO) 01.09.2013 - 30.04.2018  
REMEMBER The role of emergent macrophytes in biogene load reduction in water ecosystems University of Greifswald (Institute for Botany und Landscape Ecology, Partner im Greifswald Mire Center; Institute for Physical Geography), Belarusian State University, Research Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology National Park “Narochansky” 04/2021 - 03/2024 Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
REPEAT Restoration and prognosis of PEAT formation in fens - linking diversity in plant functional traits to soil biological and biogeochemical processes University of Warsaw (Poland), Greifswald University (Germany), University of Antwerp (Belgium), Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (Norway), and Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development (Romania) 02/2017 - 02/2019 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
  Restoration and Preservation of Peatlands in the European Part of Russia – Development of a Decision Support System (DSS) Wetlands International (Russia), Institute of Forest Science at the Russian Academy of Sciences 01/2010 - 12/2010  
  Restoration potentials of percolation mires   10/2009 - 09/2012  
  Review Recovery strategies for nitrogen-sensitive habitats (PAS)   2011 - 2015  
         
SPARPAN Mire restauration in Russia Umweltbundesamt 12/2019 - 6/2021 BMU
VIP Vorpommern Initiative Paludiculture Greifswald University 10/2010 - 12/2013 Projektträger Jülich (PTJ), Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)
VoCo Vorpommern Connect Vorpommern-Greifswald; Vorpommern-Rügen; University- and Hansetown Greifswald; Inselwerke eG; Greifswald University; Michael Succow Foundation 08/2018 - 07/2023 Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
WETSCAPES Turnover processes at peatlands sites as a basis for land usage, climate impact and water protection University of Rostock, University of Greifswald, German Aerospace Center (DLR) 01/2017 - 03/2021 European Social Fund for Germany a part of the excellent research programme of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania