PEAT NEWS
10/2013
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Call for Nominations for the Executive Board
The IPS has opened the nomination process for the three open positions at the Executive Board in 2014. Proposals by
National Committees should be sent to the IPS Secretariat not later than 25 April 2014, including an application letter
and CV, so that they can be sent out to all country representatives with the invitation to the Annual Assembly. Note
that the following posts will be available (in italics):
Function
President
1st Vice President
2nd Vice President
Name and country
Björn Hånell, Sweden
Guus van Berckel, Germany/Netherlands
Jack Rieley, United Kingdom
Ordinary members (2-6)
Valerijs Kozlovs, Latvia
Erki Niitlaan, Estonia
Lech Szajdak, Poland
Donal Clarke, Ireland
Paul Short, Canada
Samu Valpola, Finland
Term of office
2012 – 2016
2012 – 2016
2012 – 2016
2010 – 2014
2010 – 2014
2010 – 2014
2012 – 2016
2012 – 2016
2012 – 2016
will be open
will be open
will be open
The requirements for EB members are laid out in the Statutes and Internal Regulations of the IPS. Please contact your
National Committee Chair if you can identify a suitable candidate that will surely bring our Society forward and enable
us to deal with the challenges and joys of our organisation during the next four years. Note that all positions are
personal and not bound to country or company seats. The ordinary EB members will be elected for the period 20142018. There can be only one member from each country at the EB, and travel costs should be covered if possible. To
see all members of the Executive Board visit www.peatsociety.org/about-us/executive-board.
Wetlands Supplement to IPCC Guidelines accepted
The Wetlands Supplement to the 2006 IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Guidelines for National
Greenhouse Gas Inventories (2006 IPCC Guidelines) was accepted during the 37th Session of IPCC (14 - 18 October
2013). The supplementary methodological guidance introduces changes to the estimation and reporting of emissions
and removals according to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines in all land-use categories (Forest Land, Cropland, Grassland,
Wetlands, Settlements, and Other Land), some sources of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from
managed land in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Sector, and CH4 and N2O emissions from
wastewater treatment (Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment) in the Waste Sector. The Wetlands
Supplement is organized into the following chapters:
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Chapter 2: Drained Inland Organic Soils
Chapter 3: Rewetted Organic Soils
Chapter 4: Coastal Wetlands
Chapter 5: Inland Wetland Mineral Soils
Chapter 6: Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
Chapter 7: Cross-Cutting Issues and Reporting
In particular, Chapter 2 gives new guidance not contained in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines by providing methodologies and
emission factors for:
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CH4 emissions from drainage ditches;
off-site CO2 emissions associated with dissolved organic carbon (DOC) release from organic soils to
drainage waters;
CO2, CH4 and CO emissions from peat fires.
The Wetlands Supplement maintains the approaches for estimation of emissions and removals in Volume 4 (AFOLU)
of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines. The general guidance in Volume 1 of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines is also applicable. For the
full supplement go to www.ipcc.ch/meetings/session37/Doc_8b_Rev_2_Accepted_Report_Wetlands.pdf. (Armine
Avagyan and Maria Nuutinen, FAO)
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