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Assessment of the current state of peatland ecosystems in Belarus and forecast of their dynamics due to climate change

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The results of the inventory of the current state of peatlands ecosystems in Belarus are presented. An approach to monitoring based on the ecological assessment of vegetation, remote sensing data and geoinformatics is proposed. It has been established that the area of peatlands ecosystems with natural and slightly disturbed vegetation is 430 thousand hectares (39.0 %). The area of peatlands with a high potential for fires under adverse weather and climatic conditions is 221.4 thousand hectares. A forecast of dynamics of the peatlands vegetation cover in Belarus in condition of climate change has been developed. The area of peatlands affected by climate change is 634.3 thousand hectares or 57.5 % of the total area.

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Grummo D.G., Zeliankevich N.A., Rusetski S.G. Assessment of the current state of peatland ecosystems in Belarus and forecast of their dynamics due to climate change. Natural resources. 2023;(1):46-60. (In Russ.)

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ISSN 1810-9810 (Print)