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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4819-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4819-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Reviews and syntheses
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07 Dec 2023
Reviews and syntheses |
| 07 Dec 2023
| 07 Dec 2023
Reviews and syntheses: Greenhouse gas emissions from drained organic forest soils – synthesizing data for site-specific emission factors for boreal and cool temperate regions
Jyrki Jauhiainen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), P.O. Box 2, 00791 Helsinki, Finland
Juha Heikkinen
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), P.O. Box 2, 00791 Helsinki, Finland
Nicholas Clarke
Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), P.O. Box 115, 1431 Ås, Norway
Hongxing He
Department of Geography, McGill University, QC H3A 0B9 Montréal, Canada
Lise Dalsgaard
Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), P.O. Box 115, 1431 Ås, Norway
Kari Minkkinen
Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 27, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Paavo Ojanen
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), P.O. Box 2, 00791 Helsinki, Finland
Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 27, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Lars Vesterdal
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Jukka Alm
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), P.O. Box 2, 00791 Helsinki, Finland
Aldis Butlers
Latvian State Forest Research Institute (Silava), Salaspils, 2169, Latvia
Ingeborg Callesen
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Sabine Jordan
Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7014, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
Annalea Lohila
INAR Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 68, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Climate System Research, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Ülo Mander
Department of Geography, University of Tartu, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
Hlynur Óskarsson
Environmental Department, Agricultural University of Iceland, 311 Hvanneyri, Borgarnes, Iceland
Bjarni D. Sigurdsson
Environmental Department, Agricultural University of Iceland, 311 Hvanneyri, Borgarnes, Iceland
Gunnhild Søgaard
Department of Forest and Climate, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), P.O. Box 115, 1431 Ås, Norway
Kaido Soosaar
Department of Geography, University of Tartu, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
Åsa Kasimir
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, P.O. Box 460, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
Brynhildur Bjarnadottir
Department of Education, University of Akureyri, 600 Akureyri, Iceland
Andis Lazdins
Latvian State Forest Research Institute (Silava), Salaspils, 2169, Latvia
Raija Laiho
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), P.O. Box 2, 00791 Helsinki, Finland
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- Evaluation of long-term carbon dynamics in a drained forested peatland using the ForSAFE-Peat model D. Escobar et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-2023-2025
- Restoration of forestry‐drained oligotrophic peatlands can bring climate change mitigation within a few decades T. Tahvanainen https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.70326
- The role of peatlands in carbon footprints of countries and products T. Mattila https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174552
- Organic soils can be CO2 sinks in both drained and undrained hemiboreal peatland forests A. Butlers et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-4627-2025
- The impact of large fires in boreal drained peatlands in western Finland: Ecohydrological drivers and carbon and nitrogen loss J. Turunen et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117358
- Soil trenching – are microbial communities alike in experimental peatland plots measuring total and heterotrophic respiration? H. Fritze et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109747
- Classifying the productivity of drained peatland forests for precision management A. Salmivaara et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-026-01879-5
- Active afforestation of drained peatlands is not a viable option under the EU Nature Restoration Law G. Jurasinski et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-024-02016-5
- Dynamics of fine-root decomposition and its response to site nutrient regimes in boreal drained-peatland and mineral-soil forests W. He et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122564
- Initial impacts of forest management on forest floor greenhouse gas fluxes in hemiboreal coniferous forests on drained nutrient-rich organic soils V. Samariks et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123375
- Winter fluxes determine the annual carbon balance of an unmanaged subarctic drained peatland A. Salimi et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-4011-2026
- Northern Peatlands in Transition in the 21st Century – Land Use, Status, Policies and Future Trajectories: Comparisons Between Finland, Ireland and Scotland M. Lampela et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-025-02376-y
- Peat cutaway properties define after-use options and capacity for climate regulation L. Maanavilja et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-026-02446-9
- Effect of tree harvesting on heterotrophic soil respiration in boreal drained peatland forests A. Korrensalo et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123730
- Global peatland greenhouse gas dynamics: state of the art, processes, and perspectives Ü. Mander et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20436
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The study looked at published data on drained organic forest soils in boreal and temperate zones to revisit current Tier 1 default emission factors (EFs) provided by the IPCC Wetlands Supplement. We examined the possibilities of forming more site-type specific EFs and inspected the potential relevance of environmental variables for predicting annual soil greenhouse gas balances by statistical models. The results have important implications for EF revisions and national emission reporting.
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