Kuresoo site

Rewetted forestry-drained peatland

PI: Kaido Soosaar, kaido.soosaar@ut.ee

• Challenge: Kuresoo bog restoration action is an example in Estonia where it will be possible to assess the impact of hydrological regime restoration on Sphagnum moss growth and the effectiveness of different damming technologies.
• Solution: With a higher water level, the CO₂ emissions decrease, but CH₄ and N₂O increase, in opposite in low groundwater level CO₂ emissions increase.
• Expected outcomes: Rewetting will reduce GHG emissions by XX%. Increasing biodiversity.
• Transferability: Proposed method is relevant in all countries where peatlands have been drained for forestry.
• Size: 80 ha