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Peat Partners Share Expertise
March 9, 2018
Finnish peat restoration project, Hydrology LIFE, will visit its twinned UK project, Pennine PeatLIFE, to share expertise and experience.
A dozen peatland specialists from Finland and environmental network, Eurosite, will be joining Pennine PeatLIFE in the North Pennines AONB on 12th March. The European visitors are keen to learn about how the project is restoring peatlands in the North Pennines, Yorkshire Dales, Nidderdale and the Forest of Bowland, and how they might apply any techniques to their own project.
Job Opportunity: Project Manager - Soil Mapping
March 9, 2018
Full-time job based in Stanley, Falkland Islands. Competitive Salary (starting £31,795) and tax rates, closing date 06/04/2018.
Peatland biodiversity monitoring questionnaire
March 1, 2018
In support of the Commission of Inquiry on Peatlands Update: Peatland Biodiversity topic, we are seeking responses from peatland projects across the UK. Our Biodiversity Monitoring Questionnaire will help us to gain an insight into the range of biodiversity monitoring taking place. We would encourage you to take part in this data collection to ensure that the Commission of Inquiry outputs are able to make an accurate representation of the current state of biodiversity monitoring in the UK and to make relevant policy and funding recommendations for future monitoring support.
Response to BBC: Scottish lochs important stores of carbon
February 20, 2018
The BBC News article published online on 14 February 2018 on Scottish lochs ‘important stores’ of carbon highlights the need to protect all natural systems that can help in tackling climate change. It also demonstrates the consequences of past unsustainable land management where peatlands were drained and damaged leading to erosion and peat being ‘washed’ into our sea lochs.
Huge sphagnum planting programme across the Peak District and South Pennines
February 20, 2018
The Moors for the Future Partnership is planting more than 640,000 sphagnum plug plants across the Peak District National Park and South Pennines throughout March.
Peatlands synopsis launched
February 19, 2018
What’s the best action you can take to restore or conserve a peatland? To help conservationists make the best-informed decisions, Conservation Evidence has launched the peatland synopsis; a free, online resource examining the impact of 125 conservation activities on the vegetation of fens, bogs and peat-swamp forests.
Yorkshire Peat Partnership’s high-tech peat team
February 13, 2018
This year, Yorkshire Peat Partnership completed its first phase of restoration (2008-2017), working on over 27,000ha of North Yorkshire’s 70,000ha of upland peatlands. The next phase is now underway with new projects – funded by Yorkshire Water, the new Countryside Stewardship Scheme, Natural England and the Environment Agency – being surveyed and mapped.
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…