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Toine Smits
Leading lector Delta Areas & Resources, VHL Professor Sustainable Water Management, RU The Netherlands
Contents
- Background
- Aim
- Approach
- Results
- Impact
Toine Smits Leading lector Delta Areas & Resources, VHL - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Toine Smits Leading lector Delta Areas & Resources, VHL Professor Sustainable Water Management, RU The Netherlands Contents Background Aim Approach Results Impact Background Globally peatlands store 1.4
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Background
Globally peatlands store 1.4 trillion tonnes of carbon which is equivalent to;
- 75 % of all C in the atmosphere
- twice the carbon stored in forests
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Peatland cover (%)
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Background
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Background
0-5 t/ha/yr 5-25 t/ha/yr 25-50 t/ha/yr > 50 t/ha/yr
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The underlying mechanism
Drainage of peatlands dramatically increase CO2 emissions, but also increases flood risks due to soil subsidence.
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Aim of “Carbon Connects” (CCON) Reduce the CO2 emission and enhance C-sequestration of mismanaged peatlands in NWE with sustainable business models.
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Aim CCON
Reduction of high carbon footprint of peatlands soils in Northwest Europe by introducing new bio-based business models
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Biobased business models based
- n biobased products….
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...but also C-credit schemes.
Organisation X would like to reduce C-emission further than possible Project Y needs money for measures to reduce the C-emission by peatlands Emission rights wet agriculture Nature scenario
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Approach; ..living labs & pilot sites..
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(Sub)Partners
at random order Van Hall Larenstein Univ. Appl. Sci,.(Nl) European Landowners Organization (Fr) Limerick Institute of Technology (Ire) Durham County Council (UK) Canal & River Trust (UK) Vlaamse Landmaatschappij (B) Provincie Noord-Brabant (Nl) Philipps-Universität Marburg (G) Radboud University Nijmegen (Nl) Staatsbosbeheer (Nl) and Flanders Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries & Food (B) Waterboards Aa & Meuse; Waterboard de Dommel (Nl) Association des Chambres d’Agriculture de l’Arc Atlantique (F); WEAR Rivers Trust (UK)
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Results
By implementing the business models, Carbon Connects will:
- Generate a Farmer-to-Farmer learning program to share best
practices in each region by peers.
- Develop a set of policy papers to scale up the required
agricultural policy shift in NWE and EU.
- Create an online collaborative living lab platform to have joint
plan development and implementation of wet agriculture.
- Set up an online toolbox of state of the art land use practices
and business models to share knowledge.
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Impact
- Carbon Connects will reduce CO2 emissions with about
90-180 tonnes per year, in its pilot stage alone.
- Viable businesses are created that tackle climate change and
give protection against environmental issues.
- The partnership will create several innovation ecosystems
(Living Labs) with local authorities, research institutions, farmers, and landowners to strengthen collaboration and make the region more resilient to climate change.
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..workpackages & activities..
Wp LT Long Term Wp T1 Low Carbon Land Management Approaches WP T2 Transnational Demonstration and Implementation WP T3 Transnational Low-Carbon Business Modelling WP C Communication W P M P r
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Thank you!
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Thank you!
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