IUCN UK Peatland Programme

Poster Exhibition - Day 2, 2019

Ballynahone Bog at dawn © Ben Hall

Poster Exhibition - Day 2, 2019

Peatlands: Investing in the Future - Wednesday 2nd October, 2019

Poster exhibitionPoster exhibitionThe Poster Exhibition evening welcomed 36 poster presentations and 14 exhibition stands to share knowledge, experience, new findings, tried and tested techniques and novel approaches to peatland research, policy and practice. 

 

Poster presentations included:

Poster #7

#7 

 Poster #17

#17

 Poster#18

#18
Poster#19

#19

 Poster #23

#23

 Poster #26

#26
Poster #27

#27

 Poster#28

#28

 Poster #31

#31

For poster numbers, titles and presenters see list of Poster exhibitors.

Exhibition stands included bringing the outdoors in through Virtual reality, Richard Lindsay & Jack Clough, University of East London (left); Irelands Boglands - photography by Tina Claffey (centre) and a demonstration of the carbon value of Sphagnum moss by Beadamoss (right).

 

Using Virtual reality for peatland assessment & engagement

 

 Tina Claffey

 

 How much carbon dioxide (in volume) do you think is sequestered in this cube of Sphagnum?

 

                                                                           

Below: The poster exhibition and networking evening was delighted to welcome music from Brigid O'Neill.

Poster exhibition networking

 

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