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Contribution to the mapping of the acidic peat bogs of the Vosges massif (Vosges, France): a significant step towards an exhaustive map of the current peaty areas of the massif
Received : 6 February 2025;
Accepted :
22 September 2025;
Published : 23 September 2025
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Abstract
Peatlands are natural carbon sinks that store, on a global scale, almost a third of the carbon resources of emerged soils for a proportionally limited surface area. Degraded by human exploitation (agriculture, forestry, trade), the drained peatlands of Western Europe are becoming sources of greenhouse gases. The challenge of restoration is enormous in the context of climate change. But to enable restoration projects to get off the ground, these ecosystems need to be mapped as accurately as possible. Previous French inventories were based solely on floristic criteria, limiting the interpretation of the results. As part of a European restoration programme for the Vosges massif, the Conservatoire d'espaces naturels de Lorraine has updated the peatland inventory through intensive fieldwork and the addition of a pedological criterion. More than 300 peaty features have been mapped, but our method still makes it difficult to detect destroyed peat bogs and forest peat bogs in a heavily wooded department.
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