Author: Susann Warnecke
Acting Secretary General appointed
The IPS Executive Board confirmed at their meeting on 23 February that all activities of the Society with members,...
16th International Peatland Congress now fully virtual experience
Press release 22 February 2021 In light of on-going developments with COVID-19 and after thoughtful discussions, the IPC2021 organizing...
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...