Traditionally, the International Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia is held at the beginning of year, now already for the 79th time. Topics from all scientific fields are discussed during 130 sessions from January until March. In 2021 two presentations were given by the LIFE “Peat Restore” project Latvian team. On February 4, at … read more
LIFE Peat Restore’s 2020 The year of 2020 has finally ended. Like everyone else, the LIFE Peat Restore team had to endure the challenges presented to us by these unprecedented circumstances. National borders were closed, events postponed indefinitely, as well as the interruption of services crucial for the project implementation; not to mention the difficulties … read more
In November 2020, water regime stabilization was carried out in Engure Lake Nature Park. Two plastic dams were installed to prevent quick runoff of water, thus supporting waterlogged conditions in the fens.The shores of Engure Lake are rich in alkaline fens that have developed in wet depressions after water lowering in the lake. As part … read more
After a long planning and approval phase, finally on October 12th the peatland restoration measures in the German project site Biesenthaler Becken started. The contracted company started on the smallest of the three peatland sites to be restored – the kettlehole mire “Moor birch forest” which covers only 0.6 ha. Across this small peatland runs … read more
In order to acquaint the interested parties with the peatland restoration technique used by LIFE Peat Restore in the project areas in Latvia, the project team organized a demonstration seminar on 9 October 2020. The seminar took place in Madiešēni Mire in Augstroze Nature Reserve (Latvia) and gathered 25 participants, mainly peatland experts and practitioners. … read more
We mourn the loss of Prof. Dr Romas Pakalnis on the 20th of September, 2020. Lithuanian society, science, nature conservation and cultural heritage communities, as well as a small family of peatland restoration practitioners and international team of the project LIFE Peat Restore lost Prof. Dr Romas Pakalnis, an outstanding person, whose whole life was … read more
The international youth organization Re-Peat, a youth-led collective, is putting pressure on EU politicians to pay more attention to the protection and restoration of peatlands in the new agricultural strategy. To this effect, a collection of essays entitled Peat Anthology was compiled. It reflects young people’s vision and concern for their future living environment. They … read more
Learning more about peatlands, especially in our own surroundings, may be attractive and helps to understand the environment where we live. LIFE Peat Restore provided a less traditional way of learning peatlands in Engure area in Latvia, in one of the project areas. The focus group was youngsters who live in nearby areas – Mērsrags … read more
In 2020, the work on documentaries on peatlands and their climate is ongoing. Filming started already in 2017 in Poland, then also in Lithuania and Latvia, as well as materials from Estonia and Germany will be used. The focus of the films will be broader than the borders of one country, it will include the … read more
Last week, we started survey of the peat deposit in Suursoo project area using georadar. Georadar is a high-tech apparatus used in geophysics, where the image of the internal structure of the soil is displayed using the pulses of radio waves. In other words, radar allows us to see underground. In the peat deposits of … read more
