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

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

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

Landgesellschaft M-V

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

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

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)

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

• 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)

01.09.2022 - 31.08.2026 | Duration 48 Months

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

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

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

Succow Stiftung, Correctiv

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  

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

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

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

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

MeerGewinn

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:

-

Project:

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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