News Coverage of IUCN Peatland Conference

October 21, 2014

The IUCN UK Peatland Programme conference, "Peatland Action: Learning from Success" comes to an end in Inverness today. The conference was covered by Radio Scotland and STV News, in addition to internet radio and blogs. Presentations from the conference will be available soon.

STV News report, 20th October 2014:

 

BBC Radio Scotland interview with Prof Mark Reed, IUCN Research Manager:

 

 

 

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