Past Events
Image: Neolithic trackway, Hatfield Moors © Henry Chapman
Past Events
Green Finance Workshop: Is the Conservation Sector Ready?
May 17, 2023
This event is being organised by the North Pennines AONB Partnership as part of its Pennine PeatLIFE project. This workshop aims to focus minds in the nature conservation world on the approaching wave of private sector/blended finance that is now becoming widely available to our organisations...
Earth Day 2023
April 22, 2023
Earth Day 2023: Everyone accounted for, and everyone accountable.
IUCN UK Peatland Programme webinar: Launch of the Peatland Code 2.0
April 4, 2023
Join the IUCN UK Peatland Programme for a webinar exploring the updates to the Peatland Code Version 2.0
Ulster Wildlife Webinar: Lessons learned: 20+ years on from blanket bog restoration at Cuilcagh Mountain
March 22, 2023
Over 20 years ago, drains were blocked using a variety of materials at an area of industrial peat cutting on Cuilcagh Mountain.. This peatland restoration project was innovative for its time and the area is unrecognisable today - what was once bare peat is now covered in vegetation...
IUCN UK Peatland Programme Conference 2022
October 4, 2022
Bog Day 2023
July 24, 2022
This year's Bog Day will take place on Sunday 23rd July 2023, celebrating the brilliance of bogs.
European Society for Environmental History conference 2022: Exploring intergenerational peatlands and the loss of normal
July 8, 2022
Join RE-PEAT for a session at the European Society for Environmental History conference 2022 to explore peatlands in an unconventional way.
New Virtual Peatland Pavilion launched for COP29To raise awareness of the global importance of peatlands during COP29, the latest pavilion has been…
Specially commissioned film celebrates 'The most important plant in the world'The IUCN UK Peatland Programme has commissioned the first in a series of short films, celebrating…
Launch of the Peatland Code Version 2.1The IUCN UK Peatland Programme has launched a new update to the Peatland Code, which helps to boost…
New brief highlights the importance of peatland rewetting for wildfire resilienceThe IUCN UK Peatland Programme's latest publication explores recent evidence from the UK and North…
Call for proposals for Water Research Seminar SeriesThe IUCN UK Peatland Programme and the Environment Agency are delighted to announce a series of…
The Power of the Peat Bogs! How pupils turned their environmental education into a song Primary school pupils who have engaged with a project to restore ancient peatland and traditional…
South West Peatland Partnership awarded gold by Global Good AwardsThe South West Peatland Partnership won a Gold award at the Global Good Awards for their work…
Seeking content for the COP29 Virtual Peatland PavilionThe IUCN UK Peatland Programme and Global Peatlands Initiative are seeking new content for an…
New report celebrates UK peatland restoration – but climate and nature targets still at riskAnalysis reveals 250,000 hectares of peatland restoration activity over 30 years – way short of the…
Largest ever gathering of UK peatland experts to celebrate ‘Peatlands, People and Nature’ in the Cairngorms National ParkAviemore in the Cairngorms National Park is to play host to the UK’s largest gathering of peatland…
View the full programme for #PeatConf24 and book your tickets now!The full programme for the IUCN UK Peatland Programme 2024 conference ‘Peatlands, People and Nature…
CivTech challenge invites ideas for Peatland Code and Woodland Carbon CodeProposals are being invited for the Scottish Government's CivTech Challenge 10.6 to use technology…