Past Events
Image: Neolithic trackway, Hatfield Moors © Henry Chapman
Past Events
Cumbria BogLIFE end of project conference
May 23, 2019
This conference marks the end of the five year, EU LIFE-funded lowland raised peatbog restoration project, which has taken place over 3 sites in Cumbria. These are Bolton Fell Moss, Wedholme Flow, and Roudsea Wood and Mosses.
Wetland Management Demonstration Event
May 16, 2019
Location: Fenn’s & Whixall NNR, North Shropshire/Wrexham SY13 2PD
Fenn’s & Whixall National Nature Reserve, Britain’s 3rd largest raised bog, this is an opportunity to see:
Peat bunding techniques in operation
Tree harvesting to convert peatland to bog
Trials to manage Molinia (Purple Moor Grass)
Time: 1:0am – 3pm
Study opportunity: Managing peatland natural capital in the Falkland Islands (PhD in Environmental Geography)
January 9, 2019
Managing peatland natural capital in the Falkland Islands (PhD in Environmental Geography)
Lead supervisor: Dr Richard Payne, Department of Environment and Geography, University of York
Co-supervisors: Prof. Chris Evans (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology), Dr Ilaria Marengo (South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute), Dr Dmitri Mauquoy (University of Aberdeen).
Scotland’s Biennial Land Use and the Environment Conference XII
November 28, 2018
Scotland’s Biennial Land Use and the Environment Conference XII - Rewarding the Delivery of Public Goods: How to Achieve this in Practice?
Date: 28-29 November, 2018
Location: Our Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh
New IUCN UK Peatland Programme website - Pre-user survey
October 31, 2018
We are currently developing a new IUCN UK Peatland Programme website to be launched in 2019 and would like to know what you think the most important functions of our website are and how we can improve these in future.
It would be extremely useful if you could complete this 3 minute survey to tell us what you think.
Thank you.
For Peat's Sake, Perthshire
October 30, 2018
How restoring peatland can help your farm business
Date: 30th October, 2018, 10am–3pm
Location: Braeleny Farm, Callander, Perthshire
Practical event looking at the benefits of peatland restoration for upland farms.
For Peat's Sake, Aberdeenshire
October 29, 2018
How restoring peatland can help your farm business
Date: 29th October, 2018, 10am–3pm
Location: Glass Village Hall, Huntly, Aberdeenshire
Practical event looking at the benefits of peatland restoration for upland farms.
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