@article{gledocs_11858_7330,
author = {Caspers, Gerfried and Schmatzler, Eckhard},
title = {Vorkommen und Verwendung von Torf in Deutschland},
year = {2009},
volume = {39},
pages = {75-98},

abstract = {Abstract: Peat is a natural resource appreciated for its properties which make it valuable for commercial horticulture, the production of activated carbon, and the preparation of medicinal peat. As the world’s largest producer of potting soil and horticultural substrates, the German peat industry is dependent on domestic deposits for its supplies. Peat from the available peat deposits in Germany will however be in short supply in coming decades. German states which boasted a vigorous peat industry in the past have or will completely shut down their extraction operations. Lower Saxony will continue to supply peat in decreasing quantities until the middle of the century. The only exception is the extraction of medicinal peat, not only from raised peat bogs, but also from blanket peat bogs, which is carried out at a small scale in localised extraction sites in several German states. The decline in peat extraction is not solely attributable to a shortage of suitable deposits, but also to the competing claims on raised peat bogs of nature protection and agriculture. Peat extraction is only permitted on raised peat bogs that were previously used for agricultural purposes. Nearly natural and natural raised peat bogs are protected by nature conservation laws which forbid their use for industrial peat extraction. On the one hand, the increasing use of substitutes and additives reduces the demand for peat, and on the other hand, the growing amount of imported peat covers more and more of domestic demand. Experiments being carried out to cultivate peat mosses, and to use the fresh peat moss to make substrates, may open up new opportunities – but are not expected to produce any fast results in the near future.},
note = { \url {http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/7330}},
}