> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 10:10:23 +0100
> Subject: Re: peatland history
> From: H Rydin <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> Re: David Wilkinsons request for early descriptions of human caused decline
> in mires.
>
> King, W. 1685. Of the bogs, and loughs of Ireland. - Phil.Trans.Dublin
> Soc. 15: 948-960.
>
> He was not into mire conservation: "...it were good for Ireland, the Bogs
> were sunk in the Sea..."
>
> But he did note that there was hope: "I am in the last place to shew you
> how these inconveniencys may be remedied, and our Bogs made usefull; 'Tis
> certain the thing is possible; it has bin done in England, France, and
> Germany; and if we had the same industry we may promise our selves the same
> success."
>
> So he noted the decline, but did certainly not show any concern!
>
> King refers to red Bogs "...even red Bogs might be made fit for grazing..."
> Does anyone know what type of mire vegetation this would be? A similar
> term is used locally in Sweden too (rödmosse).
>
> At 16:11 1999-02-22 -0500, you wrote:
> >THE HISTORY OF THE CONCERN FOR PEATLAND LOSS.
> >
> >Three years ago in the Mires Research News (issue 5) I
> >wrote a brief article on the history of concern over
> >peatland decline. The first British source that I
> >could find that described Peatlands as declining was
> >'The Great Ice Age' by James Geikie (1874), this
> >provides (pages 338-339) a clear description of the
> >decline in Scottish mires but without any suggestion
> >that they should be conserved.
> >In 1996 I asked 2 questions.
> >1) Did anyone know of an earlier description of human
> >caused decline in mires?
> >2) When was the first published plea for peatland
> >conservation?
> >
> >No-one replied!!
> >Can anyone on this discussion group help?
> >
> >(NOTE FOR ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED; my main peatland
> >research interests are in Quaternary paleoecology and
> >testate amoebae)
> >
> >David M Wilkinson
> >Biology and Earth Sciences
> >Liverpool John Moores University
> >Byrom Street
> >Liverpool
> >L3 3AF
> >
> >
> >
> ____________________________________________________
> Håkan Rydin
> Avd. f växtekologi, Evolutionsbiologiskt centrum, Uppsala universitet
> Department of Plant Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University
> Villavägen 14 fax: 018-55 34 19 (int +46 18 55 34 19)
> S-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden tel: 018-471 2854 (int +46 18 471 2854)
> http://www.vaxtbio.uu.se/resfold/groups.htm#mire
>
>
>
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