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Rewetting-Peatlands

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  Rewetting-Peatlands Restoration of ecosystems is increasingly becoming an important tool for mitigating biodiversity loss and safeguarding ecosystem services including climate change mitigation. Peatland restoration involves measures designed to change ecosystems that have been impoverished, damaged or destroyed due to human activity, and also reverting them to a state similar to or as near to their natural state as possible, as well as initiate reestablishing of some of their ecological processes and functions. One of the primary objectives of restoration is to improve the quality of species’ habitats, thus contributing to slowing or halting the rate of biodiversity loss, and at the same time providing a continuous platform for future evolution. The advantages of preserving and restoring peatlands with regard to mitigating climate change is now also widely recognized in international climate and biodiversity policy-making spearheaded by the Ramsar Convention and also recognized ...
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Climatic Changes and Wildfires

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 WILDFIRES AND CLIMATE CHANGE The environment is something you are very familiar with. It's everything that makes up our surroundings and affects our ability to live on the earth—the air we breathe, the water that covers most of the earth's surface, the plants and animals around us, and much more. In recent years, scientists have been carefully examining the ways that people affect the environment. They have found that we are causing air pollution, deforestation, acid rain, and other problems that are dangerous both to the earth and to ourselves. These days, when you hear people talk about “the environment”, they are often referring to the overall condition of our planet, or how healthy it is. A wildfire is an unplanned fire that burns in a natural area such as a forest, grassland, or prairie. Wildfires are often caused by human activity or a natural phenomenon such as lightning, and they can happen at any time or anywhere. In 50% of wildfires recorded, it is not known how they...
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