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  1. Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8a, 3584 CB, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Ralph J. M. Temmink & Martin J. Wassen

  2. Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Ralph J. M. Temmink, Bjorn J. M. Robroek, Gijs van Dijk, Adam H. W. Koks, Sannimari A. Käärmelahti, Christian Fritz, Leon P. M. Lamers & Alfons J. P. Smolders

  3. School of Biological Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK

    Bjorn J. M. Robroek & Magdalena N. Steele

  4. B-WARE Research Centre, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Gijs van Dijk, Adam H. W. Koks, Leon P. M. Lamers & Alfons J. P. Smolders

  5. Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University, Partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, Soldmannstr. 15, 17487, Greifswald, Germany

    Alexandra Barthelmes & Hans Joosten

  6. Department of Management, HEC Montréal, Édifice Côte-Sainte-Catherine 3000, Chemin de La Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Canada

    Rafael Ziegler

  7. Royal Botanic Gardens, Surrey Kew, Kew Green, Richmond, TW9 3AE, UK

    Magdalena N. Steele

  8. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Wim Giesen

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Temmink, R.J.M., Robroek, B.J.M., van Dijk, G. et al. Wetscapes provide the physical basis to sustainable peatland livelihoods. Ambio 53, 355–357 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-023-01967-5

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