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
The European Commission Monitoring expert, Dr. Jan Sliva, carried out the first mission to assess the performance of the LIFE Peat Restore project – Reduction of CO2 emissions by restoring degraded peatlands in Northern European Lowland. On June 9, he visited NABU headquarters, in Berlin (Germany), to meet with the new project managing team. Then … read more
From 28th to 29th april, the nine partner organizations from Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Germany met in Brandenburg for the international workshop “Peatlands and Atmosphere“ to set the technical base for the LIFE project. A workshop and practical application of direct greenhouse gas measurements as well as vegetation mapping in the “Löptener Fenne”, a … read more
The teams of LIFE Peat Restore from Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Germany met for the first time in Riga at the first project meeting in the end of February. The University of Latvia, one of the Latvian partners, invited to the Botanical Garden to discuss about the status of the project, the ongoing activities … read more
At the first team meeting in Riga, a new online application for the LIFE project management was introduced. Project manager Dr. Dominik Zak and Michał Trzcinka signed the contract for the management tool eLMA, which was specifically developed and adapted to this LIFE Project. The application allows an overview to the full extent of the … read more
60 kilometer north east of Berlin the German project sites can be found. The three drained bog forests lie within the nature reserve Biesenthaler Becken, where Andreas Krone, the person of charge introduced the German team and provided an insight into the territory. On about 15 hectares peatland will be restored by blocking and filling … read more
