Peatland Restoration Under Agricultural Impact
The ongoing climate crisis is seen as the biggest challenge facing humanity, and its mitigation consists mainly of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and implementing carbon sequestration. SKN views human land conversion as an act of violence that not only exacerbates climate change but also poses threats to biodiversity. This reflects an anthropocentric mindset that is unfair to non-human life. There are many types of land-use change, but none has the greatest impact on biodiversity as natural ecosystems to agricultural land. Of these, peatlands are one of the most important global ecosystems for the storage of carbon, but most of them have been reclaimed for agriculture. This development not only releases carbon locked up in the soil and increases the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, but also destroys peatland ecosystems, posing serious environmental problems. However, the importance of peatlands is not yet widely recognised. Therefore, I plan to explore the following question by analysing the development of peatland agriculture: How can landscape architecture play a key role in the restoration of peatlands, focusing on and ensuring the rights and interests of “more-than-human” actors, thus contributing to the balancing of human and non-human needs and the realization of sustainable development?
The project hopes to explore sustainable landscape patterns through a deep integration of ecological restoration and agricultural use, seeking to restore peatland ecology while bringing economic benefits to the community and demonstrating landscape functions with sustainable development potential. Ultimately, the site will become an environment that promotes the co-existence of humans and non-humans.
