Conference Series

The IUCN UK Peatland Programme provides a valuable convening function.

Our series of conferences bring together people from across sectors and disciplines in one place to make connections old and new, sharing experience and knowledge. 

Conference Series to date:

• 2020 - Peatlands: From Strategy to Action, Online
  • Day 1 - UK and international updates
  • Day 2 - Science: informing strategy & action
  • Day 3 - A day of virtual field trips
  • Day 4 - Finance, funding, learning & training
• 2019 - Peatlands: Investing in the Future, Belfast
  • Speaker presentations:
    • Plenary sessions, Day 1 
    • Discussion sessions, Day 3
  • Poster Exhibition presentations
• 2018 - Peatlands Connections: Building Prosperity, Loch Lomond
  • Conference Key Messages
  • Speaker presentations
  • Poster presentations

• 2017 - BogFest. A joint conference in partnership with Moors for the Future Partnership, Edale, Derbyshire
• 2016 - Creating a legacy for peatlands, Shrewsbury
• 2014 - Peatland Action: Learning from success, Inverness
• 2013 - Investing in Peatlands: Partnership for a New Peatland Era, York
• 2012 - Investing in Peatlands - Demonstrating Success. Joint British Ecological Society symposium, Bangor
• 2011 - Investing in Peatlands: Delivering Multiple Benefits, Stirling
• 2010 - Investing in Peatlands - the Climate Challenge, Durham