Past Events
Image: Neolithic trackway, Hatfield Moors © Henry Chapman
Past Events
Full Flow
July 7, 2019
Empire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness
A paid ticketed event to highlight the bid for The Flow Country to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Full Flow
July 6, 2019
Thurso High School, Ormlie Road, Thurso, KW14 7DS
A Free ticketed event to highlight the bid for The Flow Country to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Full Flow
July 5, 2019
Lairg Community Centre, The Main Street, Lairg, IV27 4DD
A Free ticketed event to highlight the bid for The Flow Country to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Peatland Hydrology Workshop
June 20, 2019
Cumbria BogLIFE and Pennine PeatLIFE Peatland Hydrology Workshop 20th-21st June 2019
Cumbria BogLIFE end of project conference
May 23, 2019
This conference marks the end of the five year, EU LIFE-funded lowland raised peatbog restoration project, which has taken place over 3 sites in Cumbria. These are Bolton Fell Moss, Wedholme Flow, and Roudsea Wood and Mosses.
Wetland Management Demonstration Event
May 16, 2019
Location: Fenn’s & Whixall NNR, North Shropshire/Wrexham SY13 2PD
Fenn’s & Whixall National Nature Reserve, Britain’s 3rd largest raised bog, this is an opportunity to see:
Peat bunding techniques in operation
Tree harvesting to convert peatland to bog
Trials to manage Molinia (Purple Moor Grass)
Time: 1:0am – 3pm
Study opportunity: Managing peatland natural capital in the Falkland Islands (PhD in Environmental Geography)
January 9, 2019
Managing peatland natural capital in the Falkland Islands (PhD in Environmental Geography)
Lead supervisor: Dr Richard Payne, Department of Environment and Geography, University of York
Co-supervisors: Prof. Chris Evans (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology), Dr Ilaria Marengo (South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute), Dr Dmitri Mauquoy (University of Aberdeen).
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