Policy Options for Sustainable Management
This Review examines current and future policy measures affecting the sustainable management of peatlands. The Review looks at existing conservation and landscape designations, national strategies, planning and other legal frameworks, codes of practice and provide an assessment of exemplars of good practice. The Review also looks at potential future policy developments at UK, European and International level.
The Review discusses outputs from the Sustainable Uplands project in relation to peatland sustainability in both uplands and lowlands; reviews current approaches to information provision and capacity building for sustainable peatland management; and explores the potential for future land management payments in UK and EU peatlands to be based around Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES).
Scientific Review
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Please note, the views expressed in this review are those of the authors. The IUCN UK Peatland Programme is not responsible for the content of this review and does not necessarily endorse the views contained within.
This Review is co-funded by the Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) Programme.
Review Team
This review is lead by Dr Mark Reed of the University of Aberdeen.
Mark Reed is an interdisciplinary environmental researcher, co-leading RELU’s Sustainable Upland project. He is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Geosciences and Deputy Director of the Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability at the University of Aberdeen.
