Drained peat soils in Denmark account for about one-third of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. "One of the most effective climate measures we have is to stop draining peat soils. However, this means that the land cannot be cultivated in the same way as regular agricultural soil because it would become rewetted," explains Poul Erik Lærke, a senior researcher at the Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University. If farmers are unable to cultivate the land, it would be necessary to compensate landowners for the loss of value, which would incur significant costs for society.

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