Conference Series

The IUCN UK Peatland Programme provides a valuable convening function.

Our annual conferences present opportunities for policy makers, scientists, land managers and practitioners from different disciplines to share their knowledge, experience and enthusiasm of peatland conservation and management. 

Conference Series to date:

• 2021 - Peatlands in Partnership: a road to recovery, Online
  • Day 1 - Progress towards UK Peatland Strategy goals, international perspectives & conserving peatlands
  • Day 2 - Peatland partnerships in action: restoring heavily degraded areas towards functioning peatland ecosystems
  • Day 3 - Adaptive peatland management, wetter ways of farming and peat-free progress
  • Day 4 - Managing peatlands sustainably
• 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