Fens East Peat Partnership (FEPP) and Natural England monthly lunchtime webinars on lowland peat restoration
Online event, Monday 25 March, 13:00-14:00
Peatland restoration at RSPB Lakenheath - a case study
The Fens East Peat Partnership (FEPP) with Natural England have arranged a series of monthly webinars on lowland peat restoration topics. The webinars will be combination of presentations and case studies, sharing information and experiences. These will include information gained through the FEPP NCPGS Discovery Project and the current NCPGS Restoration Project where 17 sites are undertaking peat restoration activity in the lowland Fens of Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.
We also hope the sessions will encourage more discussion and questions to find ways to look after the remaining peat in the Fens that will enable food production and restoration to work together allowing the peat ecosystems to become sustainable and resilient to help us manage the impact of climate change.
Lakenheath Fen sits on the eastern edge of the peat soils in the Fenland basin. Virtually the whole wetland reserve at Lakenheath has been created from intensive arable over the last nearly 30 years. Dave Rogers has worked for over 30 years on reserve management for English Nature, Natural England and now RSPB and will explain the complexities, including protected species licences and planning permission, involved in delivering a Nature for Climate Fund peatland restoration project on ex arable land.
The talk will be followed by a Q&A session.
