A review of techniques for monitoring the success of peatland restoration

Bonnett, Samuel A.F.; Ross, S.; Linstead, C; Maltby, E.

Abstract

An important element of all peatland restoration
projects is a programme of monitoring to check
results and progress. Several peat project
workshops identified a demand for technical
guidance on monitoring techniques. So Natural
England commissioned this study to:
 -Review the range of peatland restoration
monitoring techniques available.
 -Identify those that were consistent, informative
and easily applicable for peatland restoration
projects at a range of scales and budgets.

Tables to identify appropriate monitoring
techniques for specific projects are published in
the Technical Information Note TIN097 -
Guidelines for monitoring peatland restoration.
Further information on these techniques is
provided in this report.
The findings of this study have been used to:
 -Inform the JNCC project to design a research
programme on UK Peatland Green House Gas
and Carbon Flux.
 -Develop thinking on monitoring peatlands in
the IUCN UK Peatland Programme.
 -Inform hydrological monitoring programmes for
the Dartmoor and Exmoor Mires Project.
These findings are being disseminated to:
 -Encourage the use of balanced and consistent
approaches to peatland restoration monitoring.
 -Develop consistency in monitoring approaches
so as to enable possible future collation of
peatland monitoring data as a single database
resource.

A single database resource of peatland
restoration would enable more robust analyses
of monitoring data to support the development
and implementation of future support and
management techniques for peatland
restoration.

Citation

Bonnett, S. A., Ross, S., Linstead, C., & Maltby, E. (2009). A review of techniques for monitoring the success of peatland restoration

• Report Type: Technical Report
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2009
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 8, 2019
• Print ISSN: 2040-5545
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Series Title: Natural England Commissioned Reports
• Series Number: 086
• Keywords: techniques, monitoring, peatland, restoration
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1000923
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Copyright remains with Natural England, 1 East Parade, Sheffield, S1 2ET; Corporate Creators : Natural England