wise use of mires and peatlands - Peatland Ecology Research Group

184 APPENDIX IAPPENDIX 1EXTENT OF MIRE AND PEATLAND RESOURCEThe tables in this Appendix supplement the information in §2.4 of Chapter 2. In these tablesEstimated peatland/mire area (> 30 cm peat, > 30% organic material) per country/region in km 2 .Total area (1998) of country/region according to Encarta.0 = no peatland occurrences encountered, peatlands probably absent? = no peatland occurrences encountered, peatland probably present1 = peatland occurrence recorded, but may be (substantially) smaller than 1 km 2Table A1/1: Mire and peatland resources of EuropeOriginal 2002 2002Country Total area peatland peatland mire area(km 2 ) area area (km 2 )(km 2 ) (km 2 )Albania 28,748 600 179 4Andorra 468 10 5 2Austria 83,858 500 200 100Azores 2,335 1 1 1Belarus 207,595 29,390 23,500 11,412Belgium 30,528 700 160 3Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,129 200 150 10Bulgaria 110,994 800 25 5Channel Islands 205 ? ? ?Croatia 56,510 5 1 1Czech Republic 78,864 500 200 50Denmark 43,094 10,000 1,400 50Estonia 45,227 11,000 10,000 3,000Faroe Islands 1,400 30 30 25Finland 338,145 96,000 85,000 32,000France 543,965 2,000 1,500 100FYRO Macedonia 25,713 50 30 5Germany 356,970 16,250 13,000 100Gibraltar 6 0 0 0