CANAPE
Increasing knowledge about the sustainability of peatlands to help slow down or halt the disappearance of peat and the release of CO2.
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Online Open Day
4 June
Increasing knowledge about the sustainability of peatlands to help slow down or halt the disappearance of peat and the release of CO2.
Online Open Day
4 June
Online Open Day
4 June
Increasing knowledge about the sustainability of peatlands to help slow down or halt the disappearance of peat and the release of CO2.
CANAPE is a research project on peat water quality, agriculture and nature.
Due to climate change, dewatering and agriculture (among other things) peat is slowly but surely disappearing and releasing large amounts of CO2. To stop or slow this down, we need knowledge about the peat system and landscape but also how it can be exploited, including socio-economic development.
The project has several key pillars: peat water quality, agriculture and nature. In addition, a comprehensive eco-hydrological analysis will be made of the Frisian lakes and water quality. To this end, innovative research using transmitters, underwater drones and computer models will be used. But process-oriented innovative concepts such as citizen science will also be applied.
These things should be combined climate-proof to reduce the contribution to CO2 emissions, improve nature quality and make socio-economic use of the landscape more sustainable.
Professor: Peter van der Maas, Sustainable Water Systems
Duration: 2017 - 2021
Project partner: Interreg North Sea Region
