SMOKE ON WATER

Glossary

Acid sulfate soil

Soil containing iron sulfide minerals that form naturally in waterlogged conditions. If the soil is drained or exposed to air by lowering the water table, the sulfides react with oxygen and become sulfuric acid leading to extremely acid, unproductive soil.

Bog

A peatland only fed by precipitation

Fen

A peatland that receives water that has been in contact with mineral soil or bedrock

LULUCF

Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry, a sector under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Mire

A peatland in a state of active peat formation and accumulation

Paludification

Peat accumulation which starts directly over a formerly dry mineral soil

Paludiculture

Cultivation of biomass on wet and re-wetted peatlands in a way that the peat stock is long term preserved

Peat

A substance largely consisting of (partly decomposed) remains of plants (vascular plants or mosses)

Peatland

Land covered by peat

REDD+

A mechanism under the UNFCCC aimed at reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation by conservation and sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries

Terrestrialization

The accumulation of sediments and peats in open water

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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