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John has been attending the Recovery Project at Idle Valley Nature Reserve for three years. After being diagnosed with dyslexia and getting bullied for several years at school, he was left with…
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Please give 10 minutes of your time to help answer the question: Is palaeoecological research utilised in UK peatland restoration projects?
Can you complete a short survey on the extent to which palaeoecological research is utilised in UK peatland restoration projects? It should take just 10 minutes to complete and will help inform…
My research
Throughout my internship, I am contributing to marine conservation by assisting with marine mammal research in Cardigan Bay, collecting data on marine mammals from land and boat-based surveys, and…
Call for proposals for Water Research Seminar Series
The IUCN UK Peatland Programme and the Environment Agency are delighted to announce a series of workshops for 2025 aimed at highlighting the importance of the water environment within the peatland…
Research reveals a quarter of Europe’s peatlands are degraded, ahead of key climate and biodiversity summits
New research finds that 25% of Europe’s peatlands are degraded, increasing to 50% -120,000km2 - when looking at the European Union alone.
Microbial understanding of the resilience of peatland systems
A series of workshops amongst peatland scientists, practitioners and policy makers held at the University of Manchester has sought to capture the state of the art of peatland microbial…
Paludiculture call for evidence for Peatland Code
We are inviting evidence for all paludiculture sites and all crop types, regardless of their success to help us to fully understand the current paludiculture landscape and seek funding for the…
Fill in the PeatQuest Survey to shape global peatland research
Take part in the PeatQuest global survey to guide future research topics with the aim of gaining a greater understanding of managing and using peatlands more wisely all over the world.
Training an eye in the sky on Scottish peatland health
Peatlands can come in a range of sizes from small pockets in the landscape to vast expanses of blanket bog, it’s not always easy to monitor their condition. Researchers from The James Hutton…
Launch of the PeatDataHub
Today sees launch of PeatDataHub. A research hub for communicating peatland science and managing peatland monitoring data.
New initiative to combine data across studies and sites to better inform peatland policy and practice
Researchers, practitioners and policy-makers from across Europe took part in a workshop in Newcastle to begin the process of finding a way to standardise the collection of environmental data so it…
9th Flow Country Research Conference
The 9th Flow Country Research Conference will take place from 28–30 October 2025 in Thurso, Scotland.This year’s theme, From Capitulum to Catchment, invites researchers, students, and…