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Desmids of peatlands © Emma Goodyer
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Our Bogs are Beautiful say Competition Winners
October 18, 2010
A film project which took viewers on a personal journey through Northumbria’s ‘Secret’ Beautiful Bogs has won the IUCN UK Peatland Programme’s competition for the most inspiring communication of a peatland issue.
Cinderella Habitat Will Go to the Ball
August 24, 2010
Dirty, smelly and a useless waste of space. That’s the public image that peat bogs have acquired over the years. But top UK scientists have gathered forces to rid the so-called ‘Cinderella Habitats’ of this reputation, and help them to shine as modern ecosystem heroes.
Russia’s damaged peatlands burn
August 11, 2010
Savage forest fires in Russia have spread into drained and degraded peatlands, causing significant risks to local people as well as serious air pollution.
Flow Country in the running for World Heritage status
July 7, 2010
Peatland Programme welcomes inclusion of the Flow Country of Caithness and Sutherland in the UK's bid for World Heritage status sites.
Beautiful bogs comPEAT for the limelight
July 7, 2010
A competition for the most inspiring communication of a peat related issue, is being held in an effort to raise awareness about the importance of peatlands to our environment and wellbeing.
New report highlights climate benefits of peatland restoration
June 29, 2010
Clifton Bain, Director of the IUCN UK Peatland Programme, today welcomed the publication of a new report on the climate change benefits of peatland restoration.
International climate talks make major step towards peatland restoration
June 15, 2010
In a crucial step towards a decision by the UN Climate Summit in December in Mexico to allow countries to reduce emissions through rewetting drained wetlands, the (IPCC) will explore further guidance for monitoring greenhouse gas emissions from wetlands.