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The 50th Anniversary Jubilee Symposium of the International Peatland Society on the ‘Wise use of peatlands, past and future’

LIFE Peat Restore participated in the 50th Anniversary Jubilee Symposium of the International Peatland Society (IPS), celebrated recently in Rotterdam (Netherlands). IPS is an organisation dedicated to the responsible management and wise use of peatlands and peat. Representatives of major international organisations and the peat industry participated in panel discussions and presentations, from institutions like … read more

Bonn, Germany

LIFE Peat Restore at COP 23

Bonn, Germany

On November 6 2017, Tom Kirschey, NABU’s head of International Peatland and Southeast Asia projects, and Letícia Jurema, project manager of LIFE Peat Restore, took part in the COP 23. NABU/LIFE Peat Restore, in collaboration with the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation conducted a successful side event at the German Pavilion: ‘Towards a new Compact … read more

Lake Engure

A stakeholder meeting on the draft management plan for fens in Lake Engure Nature Park, Latvia

Lake Engure

Lake Engure Nature Park is one of the most important areas for conservation of alkaline fens in Latvia. The area is selected as one of the LIFE Peat Restore action sites where hydrological restoration will be carried out. The alkaline fens are suffering both from drainage and lack of traditional management leading to spread of … read more

Limbaži

The first steering group meeting for site management plan of Augstroze Nature Reserve in Latvia

Limbaži

In October 18, 2017, the first steering group meeting for the site management plan of Augstroze Nature Reserve was held in Limbaži municipality. There was a variety of participants: representatives from different governmental institutions, local municipality, JSC “Latvian State Forests”, local journalist, experts involved with the elaboration of the plan and LIFE Peat Restore representatives. … read more

Representatives of Polish and Latvian LIFE projects meet in Latvian mires

On 23 and 22 August 2017, a meeting between representives of two Polish LIFE projects and Latvian and Polish representatives of LIFE Peat Restore project was held in Latvia. Poland was represented by a non-governmental organisation Klub Przyrodnikow (Naturalists’ Club) which currently implements two LIFE projects aimed at restoring alkaline fens: Conservation and restoration of alkaline … read more

Field vegetation analyses on Estonian restoration site completed

Project team from Tallinn University completed vegetation analyses on their large (over 3000 hectares) restoration site at Suursoo – Leidissoo fen complex. Vegetation analyses were made on 14 transects crosswise ditches, each 200 to 500 metres long. The length of transect and the number of study plots on transect depends on vegetation pattern. On one … read more

Germany, Papenburg

Lithuanian Fund for Nature had a study trip to Germany

Germany, Papenburg

Lithuanian Fund for Nature together with project partners Peat Producers Association and Klamann-Deilmann (LT) Company staff participated in a study tour – “Experience of sphagnum cover restoration in exploited peatlands”- to the Emsland region of Germany, from 26 June to July 2. Participants of the study tour took part in a workshop, hosted by Klasmann-Deilann … read more

Słowiński National Park

First footages of our documentary

Słowiński National Park

The Polish team hosted the ELM Media film crew on 26-28 June. They recorded the first series of photos and interviews for a documentary about the LIFE Peat Restore project – to reduce CO2 emissions by restoring degraded peatlands in the northern European Lowlands. In Poland, shots were taken at the conclusion of the experiment … read more