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An Outline Summary Document of the Current Knowledge About Prescribed Vegetation Burning Impacts on Ecosystem Services Compared to Alternative Mowing or No Management (2021)
Journal Article
Heinemeyer, A., & Ashby, M. (2021). An Outline Summary Document of the Current Knowledge About Prescribed Vegetation Burning Impacts on Ecosystem Services Compared to Alternative Mowing or No Management. https://doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/qg7z5

A lay summary of our discussion paper: A critical review of the IUCN UK Peatland Programme’s “Burning and Peatlands” position statement (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13157-021-01400-1). In short, we discuss the prescribed burning on bla... Read More about An Outline Summary Document of the Current Knowledge About Prescribed Vegetation Burning Impacts on Ecosystem Services Compared to Alternative Mowing or No Management.

A Critical Review of the IUCN UK Peatland Programme’s “Burning and Peatlands” Position Statement (2021)
Journal Article
Ashby, M., & Heinemeyer, A. (2021). A Critical Review of the IUCN UK Peatland Programme’s “Burning and Peatlands” Position Statement. Wetlands, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-021-01400-1

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Despite substantial contrary evidence, there has been a growing tendency to present prescribed vegetation burning as a management practice that is always damaging to peatland ecosystems in the UK. This is exem... Read More about A Critical Review of the IUCN UK Peatland Programme’s “Burning and Peatlands” Position Statement.

Constructive criticism of “Misinterpreting carbon accumulation rates in records from near-surface peat” by Young et al.: Further evidence on charcoal impacts in relation to long-term carbon storage on blanket bog under rotational burn management (2021)
Journal Article
Heinemeyer, A., & Ashby, M. (2021). Constructive criticism of “Misinterpreting carbon accumulation rates in records from near-surface peat” by Young et al.: Further evidence on charcoal impacts in relation to long-term carbon storage on blanket bog under rotational burn management. https://doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/t4g3m

It is with great interest that we read the recent paper by Young et al. entitled “Misinterpreting carbon accumulation rates in records from near-surface peat”. However, we have some concerns about: (i) the use of an unvalidated deep drainage model to... Read More about Constructive criticism of “Misinterpreting carbon accumulation rates in records from near-surface peat” by Young et al.: Further evidence on charcoal impacts in relation to long-term carbon storage on blanket bog under rotational burn management.