Use of remote sensing to analyse peatland changes after drainage for peat extraction

• Published in: Land Degradation & Development
• Main Authors: Torabi Haghighi, Ali, Menberu, Meseret Walle, Darabi, Hamid, Akanegbu, Justice, Kløve, Bjørn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Eia; Northern Finland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3122; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fldr.3122; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ldr.3122; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ldr.3122

Abstract Large‐scale peat extraction, in Finland and elsewhere, typically takes place on rather small extraction sites but has major impacts on surrounding aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The environmental conditions prior to drainage (baseline conditions) must be quantified in a statutory envir...