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The use of antibiotics is not permitted in Switzerland; moreover, no other medication exists to combat European foul brood. Hives with symptoms must therefore be destroyed in order to limit the outbreak, and the contaminated material must be sanitised. Since prevention is the best cure, early detection is desirable. Numerous studies have been undertaken and documents have been created at the Swiss Bee Research Centre and elsewhere to draw the attention of beekeepers to these problems and inform them about the causes and the control measures to be implemented.

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Accounting for greenhouse gas emissions from Switzerland's farmed transition soils.

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Wüst-Galley C., Paul S. M., Leifeld J.

Accounting for greenhouse gas emissions from Switzerland's farmed transition soils.

Agroscope Science, 215, 2025, 1-9.

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Abstract:

There is growing evidence from scientific studies that many carbon (C)-rich formerly wet soils other than C-rich organic soils (C > 20 %) may have high CO2 emissions when drained. Their emissions are probably being underestimated in Switzerland’s greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting because they are classified as mineral soils. As a medium-term solution to this, we propose introducing additional soil categories for GHG reporting (C-rich mineral soils, C-poor organic soils, and organic soils or C-rich mineral soils covered with a mineral layer) and assigning these categories their own sets of emission factors. This is dependent on there being sufficient measurements in the scientific literature from which emission factors could be derived. Additionally, locating these soils in Switzerland requires substantial research. In the longer term, we recommend that GHG emissions of formerly wet soils are calculated as a function of C content and water level.

ISSN Online: 2296-729X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/10.34776/as215e
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Accounting for greenhouse gas emissions from Switzerland's farmed transition soils.