Table 26.5 (continued)
Focal area
National objectives
National actions
9. Establishment and promotion of demonstration
sites for peatland
management
9.1 Promote best management
practices through establishment of demonstration sites
9.1.1 Identify and promote demonstration sites for best management practices
9.1.2 Establish pilot project on
sustainable management and fire
prevention approaches for
peatlands
9.1.3 Promote the application of
best management practices for
peatlands through research and
development
9.1.4 Establish technical working groups to work on issues of
common concern, such as
peatland water management,
peatland silviculture or rehabilitation options
10. Restoration and
rehabilitation
10.1 Restoration of degraded
peatlands
10.1.1 Identify and promote restoration and rehabilitation
measures
10.1.2 Establish pilot projects
and demonstration sites
10.1.3 Organise specific training
programmes related to peatland
restoration and rehabilitation
11. Peatlands and climate
change
11.1 Minimise carbon emissions from peatlands
11.1.1 Collect and analyse data/
information on carbon sink,
emission and storage of
peatlands
11.1.2 Promote and encourage
measures for achieving net positive carbon balance
11.1.3 Identify degraded
peatlands and explore the possibility for restoration through climate change related funding
mechanisms
11.2 Assess impacts of climate
change and develop adaptation
measures
11.2.1 Assess the impact of climate change scenarios on
peatlands
11.2.2 Identify management
strategies applicable to
minimising peatland vulnerability to global climate change
11.2.3 Integrate peatland issues
into national climate change
adaptation plans
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