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Baisogala

Baisogala

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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.