Events

Image: IUCN UK Peatland Conference, 2018 © Sarah Proctor

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Events

Bio-materials for Construction, CHCx3 and the Paludiculture Exploration Fund

10:00 - May 23, 2024
This workshop will create a conversation for interested people working on the development of biomaterials for construction (after the growing stage) to explore our common challenges and look for pathways that might take us all forward more rapidly.

Peatlands Monitoring Community of Practice: Data Standards Workshop

10:00 - May 23, 2024
WaterLANDS and PeatDataHub invite you to join them at a workshop where they will explore developing data standards for peatland monitoring.

The Peat Café lunchtime lecture series: Peaty Politics

13:00 - June 3, 2024
Join Matthew Paterson (University of Manchester) at the University of Glasgow’s ‘Peat Café’ lunchtime lecture series on Monday 3 June from 1-2pm.

FEPP and Natural England monthly lunchtime webinars - Biodiversity Net Gain as a mechanism to fund nature recovery in the fens

13:00 - June 3, 2024
This webinar will introduce Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) and give case study examples.

Raising the Table: Water Table Management for Paludiculture

18:00 - June 5, 2024
Learn about strategies being implemented for water table management, peatland restoration and how we can protect farming and vital ecosystems together.

Peat Metal webinar: Post-wildfire heavy metal mobilisation in a contaminated temperate peatland

15:00 - June 12, 2024
Abbey Marcotte is a PhD researcher at the Wageningen University (The Netherlands) researching wildfire impacts on temperate peatlands and will report on findings from research on the aftermath of the Stalybridge Moor (UK) wildfire in 2018.

Creative activities & farm tour at Challacombe Farm with Art and Energy

12:00 - June 16, 2024
Creative activities, farm tours and restoring the moorland habitat with Art and Energy at Challacombe Farm.

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