Baisogala
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Baisogala
Best practice profile
Best practice
Demonstration restoration of a peatland (fen) in Baisogala. Reshaping intensively used agricultural land to meet climate change mitigation
Country
Lithuania
Biogeographical Region
Boreal
Region
Radviliškis district municipality
Landscape/ Eco system type / protected area
Former fen (peatland), drained and used as perennial grasslands for haymaking and grazing (pastureland).
Agriculture Use
Before rewetting, the drained peatland and surrounding areas on mineral soils were used as intensively managed perennial grasslands for fodder production and grazing. Currently, the rewetted area is used as wet grassland (dominated by Phalaris arundinacea) for fodder production.