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Climate Neutrality Strategies for Peatland Management: Case Study about Peat Extraction Field Repurposing Scenarios in Latvia

Environmental and Climate Technologies
Volume 29 (2025): Issue 1 (January 2025)
By: Dita Kazmere,  Maksims Feofilovs and  Francesco Romagnoli  
Open Access
|Oct 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2025-0043 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
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Language: English
Page range: 623 - 640
Submitted on: Apr 29, 2025
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Accepted on: Sep 11, 2025
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Published on: Oct 8, 2025
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Environmental LCA,
GHG emissions,
peatlands,
recultivation,
sustainable development goals
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

© 2025 Dita Kazmere, Maksims Feofilovs, Francesco Romagnoli, published by Riga Technical University
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