EUKI - Carbon capturing by Baltic peatland farmers

Practical exchange for paludiculture & peatland carbon farming

More peatland climate farmers are needed to press ahead climate protection through sustainable use of wet peatlands - also in the Baltic States. Therefore, the Succow Foundation together with partners in the Baltic countries are launching the project "Carbon capturing by Baltic peatland farmers - Practical exchange for paludiculture & peatland carbon farming". In the Baltic States, drained peat soils are responsible for 53-71% of all greenhouse gas emissions from the Baltic agricultural sector, although they cover only 5-6% of the agricultural soils in the Baltic States. The users of these peat soils, primarily farmers and foresters, cannot change this on their own. In order to switch to wet and climate-smart land use, they need support. To enable them to produce renewable biomass in paludiculture for carbon-neutral or even carbon-negative products in the food, construction or energy sectors, the Succow Foundation and its partners impart knowledge and practical experience on climate-neutral management of peatland sites.

In cooperation with Baltic agri-cultural extension services the Project partners develop training programs and trains farmers in workshops. Paludiculture exhibitions are compiled and then presented at relevant events. Baltic practitioners will travel to German paludiculture pilots along a study tour. The project monitors paludiculture pilots and establishes a Pan-Baltic network for paludiculture and peatland climate economy. It also develops compensation plans for paludiculture and peatland climate management. For policy advice the project will funnel these plans in the political institutions in the Baltic States from local to national level.

Project websites and resources of partners:

Estonian website
Latvian website
Lithuanian website

Paludiculture guidance for Baltic countries:

Here Baltic partners compiled Baltic guidance for practical implementation of paludicultures based on GMC expertise and expertise from the previous joint EUKI paludiculture project:

Estonia pdf
Latvia pdf
Lithuania pdf

Development of remuneration schemes for Paludiculture and Carbon Farming

Here decision and policy makers will get background information and considerations to incentivise the upscaling peatland rewetting by develop suitable remuneration schemes for carbon farming and paludiculture:

Guidance report pdf

Factsheets on Building materials from paludiculture plants:

Here users or producers will find a list of building materials from paludiculture plants, which are either already available on the market or have been developed as pilot models:

Acoustics
Acoustic panel from reed by Hiss Reet pdf
Acoustic panel by Naporo pdf

Insulation
Insulation board by Hiss Reet pdf
Insulation board by Naporo pdf
Blow-in insulation by Naporo pdf
Insulation board by Gramitherm pdf
Insulation board by Typhatechnik pdf

Construction
Factsheet Alder wood pdf
Light weight reed board by Claytec pdf
Reed board by Conluto pdf

Further
Plaster base board by Egginger pdf
Paludiculture foam boards pdf
Paludiculture boards by Zelfo pdf

Study Tour Guide - Paludiculture:

Paludiculture Study Tour Guide 2022

19.09.2022 Seminar: "Fibres and materials from Paludiculture biomass”at ATB Potsdam (Leibnitz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bio-economics):

2022-09-19 ATB: work and experience on biomass processing_by C. Lühr
2022-09-19 Climate friendly management of Brandenburg peatlands by B. Spanjers
2022-09-19 Zelfo: Technology Presentation Postdam by G. v. Vilmorin

20.09.2022 Seminar: “Paludiculture Pilots and Moorfutures in M-V” at Felix Hausdorff Zentrum Greifswald University:

2022-09-20 Keynote: Challenges in peatland rewetting for climate protection by F. Tanneberger
2022-09-20 LM: Measures peatland restoration in MV by M. Ehrich
2022-09-20 Peatlands and climate policies in Estonia by M. Kiis
2022-09-20 Peatland protection and Peatland carbonfarming in Latvia by D. Dubrovskis & I. Ozola
2022-09-20 Protected Areas in Lithuania by Mr. Zitkevicius
2022-09-20 Lithuania: rewetting of peatlands to mitigate GHG Emissions by A. Prakapiene
2022-09-20 What we need for paludiculture in Lithuania by N. Zableckis
2022-09-20 Greifswald peatland manager by A. Wojatschke
2022-09-20 Paludi-Pilot M-V by A. Nordt

22.09.2022 Presentation Hiss Reet and Seminar Peat-moss farming, in Oldenburg:

2022-09-22 HissReet in 2022 by T. Hiss
2022-09-23 Sphagnum moss in Growing media – why by S. Kumar
2022-09-23 Paludiculture on bogs by G. Gaudig& M. Krebs

(Kopie 5)

Animated film "Peatland, climate and paludiculture" (English only) with beautifull illustrations by Sarah Heuzeroth animated by Lucas Treise

The Succow Foundation is implementing this project as part of the European Climate Initiative (EUKI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) together with the Baltic partners Estonian Fund for Nature (ELF, Estonia), Lake and Peatland Research Centre (LPRC, Latvia), and the Foundation for Peatland Restoration and Conservation (FPRC, Lithuania).