The Institute of Nature Management offers consumers an Atlas of Peat Deposits of the Republic of Belarus in the form of digital maps of peat deposits in the Brest, Mogilev, and Gomel regions. This is available under a manufacturing agreement, as well as services to develop recommendations for the most efficient use of remaining peat deposit reserves and areas under an outsourcing agreement and/or subcontracting.

The Atlas of Peat Deposits of the Republic of Belarus is an important scientific and practical publication reflecting the status and characteristics of the country's peat resources. Key aspects of its importance and primary applications are as follows:

Importance of the Atlas.
1. Resource inventory:
- The Atlas allows for the systematization of data on the location, area, depth, and quality of peat deposits.
- This is important for assessing peat reserves as a strategic resource.

2. Environmental monitoring:
- Peatlands play a key role in ecosystems, regulating water balance and absorbing carbon dioxide.
- The Atlas helps monitor changes in peatland condition and prevent their degradation.

3. Sustainable use planning:
- The Atlas data is essential for developing strategies for the sustainable use of peat resources to avoid their depletion and negative environmental impacts.

4. Scientific Research:
- The Atlas provides a database for studying the hydrology, ecology, and geology of peatlands.

Main Applications of the Atlas:
1. Agriculture:
- Use of peat as an organic fertilizer and to improve soil structure.

2. Energy:
- Peat is used as a fuel for thermal energy production, especially in regions with limited access to other sources.

3. Industry:
- Use of peat in the production of building materials, sorbents, and filters.

4. Ecology and Land Restoration:
- Use of the Atlas data for the reclamation of disturbed lands and restoration of ecosystems.

5. Hydrological Management:
- Peatlands play an important role in regulating water regimes. The Atlas assists in water resource management.

6. Tourism and Recreation:
- Some peat deposits can be used to create natural parks and recreation areas.

Digital maps of peat deposits in the Brest, Mogilev, and Gomel regions are available. They reflect information on the current state of all peat deposits, including protected ones, deposit types, depths, estimated reserves, and vegetation distribution. This is an information product.

The atlas provides the basis for the most efficient use of remaining peat deposit reserves and areas. Clarification of peat deposit reserves and areas, based on the analysis of high-resolution satellite images, made it possible to assess the state of the peat fund without costly geological exploration.

The information is published in the Catalog "Developments of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
in the Interests of the Agro-Industrial Complex of the Republic of Belarus" 2023, pp. 56-57.(in Russian)

Clarification of peat deposit reserves and areas, based on the analysis of high-resolution satellite images, made it possible to assess the state of the peat fund without costly geological exploration.

The creation of the Atlas promotes the rational use of natural resources, the protection of ecosystems, and the development of scientific research.

The Institute of Nature Management is one of the oldest institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, conducting research in the field of Earth sciences. The Institute's activities are aimed at addressing issues of rational nature management and environmental protection in collaboration with international organizations.

The Institute conducts research in the following areas:
- Developing scientific foundations for nature management and environmental protection;
- Assessing, forecasting, and optimizing anthropogenic impacts on natural systems;
- Scientific justification for the development of resource-saving technologies for the extraction, processing, and use of solid fossil fuels;
- Studying the formation conditions and assessing the condition of fresh drinking and mineral waters;
- Studying the geodynamics of the earth's crust and modern geological processes in Belarus;
- Geoecological justification for the design and placement of critical structures and environmentally hazardous facilities (nuclear power plants, hydroelectric power plants, underground gas storage facilities, highly toxic waste disposal sites, etc.);
- environmental diagnostics using modern aerospace, ground-based, telecommunications, and information-measuring tools;
- study of the global and regional climate and its changes under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors; forecasting climate change and its impacts.

The Institute participates in scientific support for six international conventions:
- Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution;
- Ramsar Convention on Wetlands;
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change;
- Stockholm Convention on POPs;
- UN Convention to Combat Desertification/Land Degradation;
- Convention on Biological Diversity.

The Institute maintains scientific contacts with organizations in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, China, the Baltic States, Armenia, and Vietnam.

Official website of the Institute of Nature Management.

Consumers interested in purchasing the Atlas of Peat Deposits of the Republic of Belarus in the form of digital maps of peat deposits in the Brest, Mogilev and Gomel regions under a manufacturing agreement and services for developing recommendations for the most efficient use of remaining reserves and areas of peat deposits under an outsourcing agreement and/or subcontracting.