Aktion Moorschutz

Aktion Moorschutz (literally "Action Bog Protection") is a German environmental initiative dedicated to the conservation and restoration of bogs (moors) in Lower Saxony. It was founded in 2012 as a cross-organizational cooperation between the Biologische Station Osterholz, the Manfred-Hermsen-Stiftung, and the nature conservation associations BUND and NABU in Lower Saxony. Its headquarters are in Osterholz-Scharmbeck. The initiative operates as a platform for networking bog protection initiatives across the state, providing information on the importance and status of bogs, political work, current developments, and events. It also supplies informational materials. A key focus is political advocacy: ahead of the 2013 Lower Saxony state election, Aktion Moorschutz presented demands to state politicians, and bog protection was subsequently anchored in the new government program. The alliance continues to advise and push for a new bog protection program in Lower Saxony, for the reduction of intensive agriculture on bog soils, and for intensified protection efforts. Its goals include an integrated bog and climate protection program for Lower Saxony, a statewide inventory of organic soils, and a coordinated action plan to secure and protect the state's lowland and raised bogs. The initiative highlights that about 38% of Germany's roughly 18,000 km² of bog area lies in Lower Saxony, giving the state a special responsibility. However, the state also contains the largest peat extraction areas in Central Europe, and its bog soils are largely degraded by intensive agricultural use. Drained, degraded bog soils are responsible for about 13% of greenhouse gas emissions in Lower Saxony according to the state government. Intact bogs serve as important carbon sinks and provide ecosystem functions such as water regulation, pollutant filtering, flood protection, and biodiversity habitat. The official website, aktion-moorschutz.de, is currently listed as "for sale" and no longer serves as the active online presence of the initiative.

Aktion Moorschutz was founded in 2012 as a cross-organizational cooperation between the Biologische Station Osterholz, the Manfred-Hermsen-Stiftung, and the nature conservation associations BUND and NABU in Lower Saxony. It is based in Osterholz-Scharmbeck. The initiative emerged in response to the particular responsibility of Lower Saxony for bog protection: about 38% of Germany's roughly 18,000 km² of bog area lies in the state, yet the state also contains the largest peat extraction areas in Central Europe, and its bog soils are largely degraded by intensive agricultural use. Drained, degraded bog soils cause about 13% of greenhouse gas emissions in Lower Saxony according to the state government. In the run-up to the 2013 Lower Saxony state election, Aktion Moorschutz presented demands to state politicians, and bog protection was subsequently anchored in the new government program. The alliance continues to advise and advocate for a new bog protection program in Lower Saxony, for the reduction of intensive agriculture on bog soils, and for intensified protection efforts. Its goals include an integrated bog and climate protection program for Lower Saxony, a statewide inventory of organic soils, and a coordinated action plan to secure and protect the state's lowland and raised bogs. The initiative provides a platform for networking bog protection initiatives across the state, informs about the importance and status of bogs, its political work, current developments and events, and provides informational materials. The official website, aktion-moorschutz.de, is currently listed as "for sale" and no longer serves as the active online presence of the initiative.

• 2013

  Ahead of the Lower Saxony state election, Aktion Moorschutz presented demands to state politicians; bog protection was subsequently anchored in the new government program.

• 2012

  Aktion Moorschutz founded as a cross-organizational cooperation between Biologische Station Osterholz, Manfred-Hermsen-Stiftung, BUND, and NABU in Lower Saxony.

Environmental advocacy and networking platform for bog protection in Lower Saxony

1. 1Aktion Moorschutz official websiteaktion-moorschutz.de
2. 2Aktion Moorschutz - Wikipediade.wikipedia.org
3. 3Aktion Moorschutz - Wikidatawikidata.org