Synthesis: The case of peat

Sources and additional resources

Most information used in this lesson is retrieved from the website of the 'International Peatland Society' and Joosten and Clarke (2002) Wise Use of Mires and Peatlands.

• Charman, D.J. (2009). Peat and Peatlands. In Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, 541-548. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012370626-3.00061-2
• Joosten H. and Clarke D. (2002). Wise Use of Mires and Peatlands. International Mire Conservation Group & International Peat Society.
• Van Beek, R., Quik, C., Bergerbrant, S., Huisman, F. & Kama, P. (2023). Bogs, bones and bodies. Antiquity, 97(391), 120-140. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2022.163
• Lourenco, M., Fitchett, J.M. & Woodborne, S. (2023). Peat definitions: A critical review. Progress in Physical Geography, 47(4), 506-520. https://doi.org/10.1177/03091333221118353
• Minasny, B., Adetsu, D.V., et al. (2024). Mapping and monitoring peatland conditions from global to field scale. Biogeochemistry 167, 383-425. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-023-01084-1

Interesting websites: International Peatland Society, Planet Wild, Mires and Peat.

Dutch literature related to peat-cutters: Thomas Rosenboom – Publieke werken (referred to as Public Works); the 2015 film adaptation was released as Public Works / A Noble Intention.

Famous paintings: Der Weiher (1495) by Albrecht Dürer is the first known painting of a natural mire.