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Insights into the CO2PEAT project: Improving methodologies for reporting and
verifying terrestrial CO2 removals and emissions from Irish peatlands
A. Premrov 1 (apremrov@tcd.ie), J. Yeluripati 2 and M. Saunders 1
1 Botany Discipline, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
2 Information and Computational Sciences Department, The James Hutton Institute,
Aberdeen, Scotland UK.
To understand how quickly peatlands in Ireland can absorb carbon after rehabilitation, it is
important to study the factors that affect the release and uptake of greenhouse gases in these
ecosystems. This is especially important because many peatlands have been altered through
human activities such as drainage for energy or horticultural extraction, or conversion to
forestry or agriculture. The CO2PEAT project (https://co2peat.wixsite.com/co2peat) is
contributing towards this goal. The research focuses on the application and utilisation of
statistical and advanced statistical and process-based modelling methods, in combination with
the integration of various data streams, that will improve our knowledge of how the GHG
source/sink strength of peatland systems is regulated by key factors. We will provide insights
into the CO2PEAT project, and its work on the development of a research framework that aims
to complement and enhance current approaches in the refining CO2 emission and removal
estimates for peatlands at the national level.
Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for funding the
CO2PEAT project (2022-CE-1100) under the EPA Research Programme 2021-2030.