@article{gledocs_11858_7339,
author = {Belting, Susanne},
title = {LIFE-Projekt „Regeneration des Großen Torfmoores“},
year = {2007},
volume = {37},
pages = {203-222},

abstract = {Abstract: The raised bog “Großes Torfmoor“ in the Northeast of North-Rhine Westphalia is of exceptional importance for nature conservation. The international importance of the “Großes Torfmoor“ is based on the species diversity of raised bog flora and fauna, as well as on the position of the area at the edge of the raised bogland region “Diepholzer Moorniederung“ in Northwest Germany. In 2003 the European Union accepted the application for the LIFE project for optimising the Großes Torfmoor. The LIFE project is co-ordinated and monitored by representatives of the Council of Kreis Minden-Lübbecke, the regional administration of Detmold and supported by the Ministry of Environment and Nature Conservation. The Naturschutzbund Deutschland Kreisverband Minden-Lübbecke (NGO) is the project leader. Belting Umweltplanung, a company for environmental planning, is engaged in the project management. The LIFE project is financed by North-Rhine Westphalia and the European Union, each contributing fifty percent of the funding. The finance of h1,800,400 is used from 2003 until 2008 for the following measures: • Rounding off a larger area of bog and peatland by purchasing the last missing plots from private owners (15ha) • Termination of the re-wetting of 430ha of bog by installing small dams and blocking ditches • Regeneration of the bog vegetation and fauna by clearing, mowing, grazing by a herd of moorland sheep and levelling of some upper plots by caterpillar vehicle (JCB) • Reduction of disturbance to the bog by directing visitors and public relations work • Stopping the nutrient-contaminated water from seeping into the central bog • Reduction of the spread of invasive species Most of the intended measures have been completed and the monitoring of this project has shown progress.},
note = { \url {http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/7339}},
}