Assessmentreport on Peatlands and Climate Change
Kristina Holmgren, IVL
Assessment report on Peatlands and Climate Change The International Peat Society (IPS) has taken the initiative to form a working group on Peatlands and Climate Change the first objective for this group will be to produce an assessment report on Peatlands and Climate Change. The main target audience of the book is targeted at decision makers all over the world but should also be a document for
researchers, students, journalists and opinion leaders in different countries.

The report will cover the subject of the interaction between peatlands and
climate change and to describe the effect of different management methods. It will also describe how emissions of greenhouse gases from peatlands are
handled within the current international climate change conventions. The working group consists of researchers from different countries in the world. Kristina Holmgren from IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute Ltd is chapter co-ordinator for the chapter concerning energy peat utilisation. The report will published as a book and launched at the 13th international Peat Congress in Tullamore, Ireand June 2008.

New reports
All reports are written in Swedish with English summaries. ISSN-1653-7955

Reduced ash related operational problems (slagging, bed agglomeration, corrosion and fouling) by co-combustion biomass with peat
Marcus Öhman, Christoffer Boman, Thomas Erhardsson, Carl Gilbe, Linda Pommer,
Dan Boström, Anders Nordin, Robert Samuelsson, Jan Burvall. ETPC, University of Umeå and Swedish University of Agriculture. Founded by Swedish Peat Resarch Foundation and Värmeforsk.
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Drained forest land and mires with thick peat as resources for sustainable peat harvesting in Sweden
Prof. Björn Hånell, Department of Silviculture, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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This report can be ordered in a printed version for 10 Euro from marie.kofodhansen@torvforsk.se

Peat Litter Use in Animal houses-A Litterature Review
Carin Germundsson, Agricultural Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Carbon and nitrogen pools in soil and vegetation at afforestation of a cutover peatland
Torbjörn Nilsson and Lars Lundin, Forest Soils, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Stand growth 20 years after planting on Flakmossen - significance of drainage and fertilization in an afforestation trial on a peat harvesting field in province of Värmland
Björn Lehto Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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