Researchers’ recommendation: Opportunities for Peatlands and Paludiculture in the EU Common Agricultural Policy (2023-2027)

A network of international research organisations prepared a Policy Brief related to the topic of peatlands and paludiculture, containing recommendations for EU Member States for their CAP Strategic Plans. The Policy Brief was prepared for the EU Pavilion day at the COP26 United Nations Climate Conference, focused on agriculture, land-use and forestry. SOMPA was one of the projects involved in writing the brief. The main author for the compilation of …

Policy Brief: Climate smart agricultural policy requires a reform of incentives to minimize emissions from cultivated peat soils

Post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) must safeguard and stimulate the preservation of carbon-rich soils through protection of peatlands. Functional peatlands are the most space efficient long-term carbon store and sink in our planet’s biosphere. However, croplands on peat soils are currently large emission sources and they account for more than 25% of total emissions from agriculture and agricultural land use in the northern Europe. A group of leading peatland experts …