EUROPEAT: A EUROPEAN PROJECT TO DEVELOP TOOLS AND SCENARIOS FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PEAT SOILS TO PROTECT ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPES AND NATURAL AREAS

摘要

The paper introduces EUROPEAT, a European project that started at the end of 2002 in the Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources programme. The full title of the project is "Tools and scenarios for sustainable management of European peat soils to protect associated landscapes and natural areas in relation to agricultural production". Six countries are involved in the project: The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Poland and Germany. The main objective of the project is to elucidate the processes determining the decomposition and degradation of peat soils in order to find ways to conserve peat soils in a better way.