%0 Journal article %A Jensen, Rita %A Couwenberg, John %A Trepel, Michael %T Bilanzierung der Klimawirkung von Moorböden in Schleswig-Holstein. %R 10.23689/fidgeo-3008 %J TELMA - Berichte der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Moor- und Torfkunde %V 40 %X Abstract: Peatlands store and accumulate large amounts of carbon and play an important role in climate change. After centuries of ongoing land use and drainage, peatlands nowadays contribute significantly to global warming as their large stocks of stored carbon are released to the atmosphere. Putting a halt to this development calls for action on global as well as on local levels. The development of regional action plans requires that the contribution of peatlands to global warming is assessed for a specific region. In this study, geodata on the distribution of peat soils in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein are combined with digital habitat maps and vegetation specific emissions factors derived from the so-called GEST-model. According to the calculations, the 145.500 ha of peat soils emit 2.4 × 109 kg of CO2-equivalents per year. Wet and often ecological important systems occur only on 12% of the original peatland area. Drained peat soils emit a total of 2.3 million t of CO2-equivalents per year. This amount is equal to 8.5% of the total emissions from Schleswig-Holstein (not accounting for land use and land use change). The emission reduction potential was calculated for two hypothetical scenarios. In scenario 1 moderate rewetting would reduce emissions by 0.8 × 106 t of CO2-equivalents per year. In scenario 2 paludiculture would reduce emissions by 1.3 × 106 t of CO2-equivalents per year. Realizing these potentials requires a political will to establish climate friendly land use on peat soils. %U http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/7322 %~ FID GEO-LEO e-docs