Past Events
Image: Neolithic trackway, Hatfield Moors © Henry Chapman
Past Events
Webinar | Buying and using units against UK-based emissions
December 4, 2024
Join Dr Vicky West from the Woodland Carbon Code and Dr Renée Kerkvliet-Hermans from the Peatland Code to find out how organisations can buy and use carbon units to compensate for their UK-based em
British Society of Soil Science 2024 Conference
December 4, 2024
The British Society of Soil Science 2024 Annual Conference will take place from Wednesday 4 – Friday 6 December in Cardiff. The overall conference theme is Sustainable Soils for People and Planet.
Peat Café lunchtime lecture series: Bog talk: poetry and people in peatlands
December 2, 2024
John Wedgwood Clarke, Rose Ferraby and Fiona Benson of the University of Exeter present 'Bog Talk: poetry and people in peatland'.
Rewetting peatlands: Shapwick Heath, Somerset & Marches Mosses, Shropshire
December 2, 2024
December's Fens East Peat Partnership (FEPP) webinar features a presentation on two of the leading examples of lowland peat restoration covering techniques such as trench bunding, pasture to bog trials, re-engineering the arterial drainage, and the forest to bog tree removal system used to raise water levels at two ex-cut over peatland sites: Shapwick Heath NNR, part of the Avalon Marshes and Marches Mosses NNR, the third largest area of lowland-raised peatbog in the UK.
Peat-Fest 2024: Amsterdam
November 29, 2024
A squelchy collaboration between Pangea and RE-PEAT, for the Amsterdam Stage of Peat-Fest 2024 we will gather for a wintry feast at OT301.
Can-Peat: Canada's peatlands as nature-based climate solutions
November 27, 2024
This presentation will introduce the Can-Peat project and ongoing activities including the advances in fostering collaboration in Canadian peatland research, the Canadian Peatland Data Portal, and activities to advance Indigenous data sovereignty for peatland data.
That's LIFE and LIFE Moor Space Webinar
November 27, 2024
Join Natural England for a virtual journey through the That's LIFE and LIFE Moor Space Peatland Restoration projects on the Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve.
New species showcase - Atlantic salmonThe latest in our series of species showcases celebrates the Atlantic salmon and the role that…
New Virtual Peatland Pavilion launched for COP29To raise awareness of the global importance of peatlands during COP29, the latest pavilion has been…
Specially commissioned film celebrates 'The most important plant in the world'The IUCN UK Peatland Programme has commissioned the first in a series of short films, celebrating…
Launch of the Peatland Code Version 2.1The IUCN UK Peatland Programme has launched a new update to the Peatland Code, which helps to boost…
New brief highlights the importance of peatland rewetting for wildfire resilienceThe IUCN UK Peatland Programme's latest publication explores recent evidence from the UK and North…
Call for proposals for Water Research Seminar SeriesThe IUCN UK Peatland Programme and the Environment Agency are delighted to announce a series of…
The Power of the Peat Bogs! How pupils turned their environmental education into a song Primary school pupils who have engaged with a project to restore ancient peatland and traditional…
South West Peatland Partnership awarded gold by Global Good AwardsThe South West Peatland Partnership won a Gold award at the Global Good Awards for their work…
Seeking content for the COP29 Virtual Peatland PavilionThe IUCN UK Peatland Programme and Global Peatlands Initiative are seeking new content for an…
New report celebrates UK peatland restoration – but climate and nature targets still at riskAnalysis reveals 250,000 hectares of peatland restoration activity over 30 years – way short of the…
Largest ever gathering of UK peatland experts to celebrate ‘Peatlands, People and Nature’ in the Cairngorms National ParkAviemore in the Cairngorms National Park is to play host to the UK’s largest gathering of peatland…
View the full programme for #PeatConf24 and book your tickets now!The full programme for the IUCN UK Peatland Programme 2024 conference ‘Peatlands, People and Nature…