wise use of mires and peatlands - Peatland Ecology Research Group
wise use of mires and peatlands - Peatland Ecology Research Group
wise use of mires and peatlands - Peatland Ecology Research Group
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166 GLOSSARY OF CONCEPTS AND TERMSEthical justificationEudaimonisticvaluesEuphoticEutrophicEvapotranspirationExistence functionExogenousExploitationFeatureFeedbackFenFennosc<strong>and</strong>iaFinancialdiscountingFlarkFlood <strong>mires</strong>Fluidised-bedFluvial <strong>mires</strong>Motivation based on ideas <strong>of</strong> right <strong>and</strong> wrong.From eudaimonia = Greek “good life”. Values relating to theenrichment <strong>of</strong> life.Relating to the uppermost layer <strong>of</strong> water that receives sufficientlight for photosynthesis <strong>and</strong> the growth <strong>of</strong> plants.Nutrient-rich.Total loss <strong>of</strong> water by physical evaporation <strong>and</strong> biologicaltranspiration.Value related to why human beings exist; the notion <strong>of</strong> ecological<strong>and</strong> evolutionary connection, that we share this world withother entities to which we are related <strong>and</strong> for which we havea responsibilityDerived or originating externally.The <strong>use</strong> for any economic purpose. The term is <strong>use</strong>d withoutany pejorative meaning.(Synonymous with characteristic): a property that distinguishan entity from other entities within a specific collection <strong>of</strong> entities.A feature is always a property <strong>of</strong> an entity; a property, however,is not always a feature.The mechanism by which the result <strong>of</strong> an action influences theaction. Positive feedbacks work by stimulating the causingaction, leading to continuously increasing results. Negativefeedbacks hinder the action. In climate change, negative feedbackswork to slow down or <strong>of</strong>fset warming while positive feedbacks workto speed up or amplify warming.Peatl<strong>and</strong> which in addition to precipitation water also receives waterthat has been in contact with mineral soil or bedrock.Norway, Sweden, Denmark <strong>and</strong> Finl<strong>and</strong>.A method <strong>of</strong> estimating the present value <strong>of</strong> future cash flows.A method <strong>of</strong> estimating future well-being in which not the wellbeingitself, but the monetary costs <strong>and</strong> benefits which determinefuture well-being, are discounted.Usually elongated, wet <strong>and</strong> muddy depressions in string <strong>mires</strong>,may be several metres in length. The term is applied to any waterfilled or sedgy area between strings. On slopes flarks are narrow,only a few metres wide.Mires in which periodical flooding by an adjacent open water body(sea, lake, river) enables peat accumulation.A two-phase system consisting <strong>of</strong> a mass <strong>of</strong> small particlessuspended in a fluid, which maintains the stability <strong>of</strong> the system.The bed acts like a fluid.Mires associated with rivers.
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