wise use of mires and peatlands - Peatland Ecology Research Group

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS181International Peat SocietyM Brandel, G Caspers, D Clarke, G Hood, PIlnicki, T Nyrönen, J Päivänen, J Rieley, AShaw, AJ Schilstra, W van Schie.Wetlands InternationalM Silvius, D Taylor, H Zingstra.The “Brief Statement on the Wise Use ofPeatlands”, adopted by the International PeatSociety and the International MireConservation Group, March 2002, reproducedat the beginning of this document, wasinitially compiled by G Hood, R Lindsay, TMinayeva, F Parish, J Rieley, A Sirin, A Shawand M Steiner. The final text accepted by thetwo organizations was completed by J Rieley,C Rubec and H Joosten.