Conference welcome including Keynote address
Day 1 – Progress towards UK Peatland Strategy goals, an international perspective and conservation of most readily recoverable peatlands
Opening of the 2021 IUCN UK Peatland Programme Conference: Peatlands in partnership - the road to recovery.
- Welcome to our 11th IUCN UK Peatland Programme Conference
Stuart Brooks, National Trust Scotland & IUCN UK National Committee
- Keynote address
Craig Bennett, The Wildlife Trusts
- An overview of the UK Peatland Strategy
Clifton Bain, IUCN UK Peatland Programme
Progress towards UK Strategy goals
This session shares four country updates on delivering the UK Peatland Strategy goals.
- 4 Country update: England
Sophie Chapman, DEFRA, Natural England
- 4 Country update: Northern Ireland
Sara McGuckin, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Natural Environment Division
- 4 Country update: Scotland
Eilidh Henry & Ben Dipper Scottish Government & Andrew Coupar NatureScot
- 4 country update: Wales
Pete Jones, Natural Resource Wales
Chaired by Clifton Bain, IUCN UK Peatland Programme
Global peatlands, climate change and biodiversity
This session shares international peatland action in the UN Decade of Restoration, the role of peatlands as a nature-based solution and UK peatlands in the climate crisis.
- International peatland action in the UN Decade of Restoration
Dianna Kopansky, Global Peatlands Initiative (GPI), UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
- The role of UK peatlands in climate mitigation
Stewart Maginnis, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- The roles of UK peatlands in the climate crisis
Ian Crosher, Natural England
Chaired by Stuart Brooks, National Trust Scotland & IUCN UK National Committee
Conserving and enhancing the most readily recoverable peatlands
This session shares examples of work to conserve and enhance the most near natural & readily recoverable peatlands from across UK peatland habitats.
- Conserve, restore and enhance remnant peatlands - an overview
Iain Diack, Natural England
- The Flow Country: Moving Towards UNESCO World Heritage Status
Steven Andrews, Highland Council
- Conserving & enhancing fenland in Northern Ireland
Trish Fox, Ulster Wildlife Trust
- Conserving & enhancing lowland raised bogs in Wales
Patrick Green, New LIFE for Welsh Raised Bogs
Chaired by Andrew McBride, Land and Habitats
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