Author: Susann Warnecke
Change of IPS Secretary General
As of 26 February, current Secretary General Gilbert Ludwig will head for new challenges. We warmly thank him for...
Paint Your Peatland!
IPS Launches Art Competition for World Wetlands Day Raised bogs, fens, tropical peat swamp forest, cutover areas, birds, mosses,...
The highs of boggy flows in 2020
As we say goodbye to 2020, to what has been an incredibly and unpredictably challenging year in many ways...
Indonesia planning new Mega Rice Project
When President Habibie of Indonesia in 1999 closed down, as a complete failure, the Mega Rice Project (MRP) in...
Peatlands and Agriculture EG has started its work
The re-established IPS Expert Group (EG) on Peatlands and Agriculture has started its work. Two priority actions identified by...
Marko Pomerants new President of IPS
The Annual Assembly of National Representatives has elected Marko Pomerants from Estonia new IPS President for the period 2020-2024....
Abandoned Peatlands
Walking in the Dublin Mountains as a student, I got talking to a postman. He waved his hand at...
European Peatland Strategies
International Workshop, Bonn, Germany, 28 – 29 October 2019 The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), Ramsar, Succow...
Consequences of Peatland Management in SE Asia
As I grow older, I see some things repeating themselves. It is as if human society never learns from...
Sphagnum farming in Guizhou
I had the unique opportunity to visit Sphagnum moss farming sites in Guizhou, China, and to learn about Sphagnum farming...