Country: United Kingdom
IPS member webinar: Towards updated emission factors for Southeast Asian and other tropical peatlands: Results of the FAO Peat Emit project
Prof. Chris Evans (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UK) & Prof. Sue Page (University of Leicester, UK) 3 December 2025 15-16 hrs EET, 13-14 hrs UTC, 14-15 hrs CET Link will be provided by email The 2014 IPCC Wetlands...
9th Flow Country Research Conference
From Capitulum to Catchment 28 – 30 October 2025 The 9th Flow Country Research Conference will take place hosted by the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) in the Flow Country region in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. The conference gathers researchers, land-managers, policymakers...
IPS member webinar: Merlin’s Peat Extraction Sector Strategy: Upscaling peatland restoration through nature-based solutions in the landscape
Note, new date!!! 22 October 2025 15:00 – 16:00 hrs EEST Speaker: Dr Alhassan Ibrahim, James Hutton Institute, Scotland, United Kingdom The link will be sent to all IPS members by email. Advancing peatland restoration – one of Europe’s...
IUCN UK Peatland Programme Conference 2025
Water Connections: from Source to Sea 30 September – 2 October 2025 Derry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland The IUCN UK annual conference series provides a valuable convening function for the UK peatland community to share knowledge, enthusiasm and experience and...
IUCN UK Conference: Peatlands, People and Nature
Peatlands, People and Nature Cairngorms National Park, Macdonald Aviemore Resort 17 – 19 September 2024 The IUCN UK annual conference series provides a unique convening function for the UK peatland community which celebrates these unique and precious habitats. We...
Lowland Peat Conference Ely UK
IPS members are warmly invited to participate in the Fenland Soil Conference 2023 hosted at The Maltings in Ely, UK, bringing together key stakeholders with interests in lowland agricultural peat on 17 – 18 April 2023. The event is...
IPS COP26 Networking Event: Peatland Partnerships in Climate Change Mitigation and Nature Recovery
Visit for the IPS COP26 Portal for the programme and registration information. Follow the event online or live in Glasgow. https://peatlands.org/ips-networking-event-5-november Welcome!
IUCN UK Peatland Programme Conference 2021
‘Peatlands in Partnership: a road to recovery’ 13 – 16 September 2021 Pennine PeatLIFE, led by the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership in collaboration with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Forest of Bowland AONB Partnership, and...
IUCN UK Peatland Programme Conference 2020
Peatlands: From Strategy to Action Virtual Event 7 – 10 December 2020 With the growing urgency of the climate and biodiversity emergencies and the role for nature-based solutions in mind this conference will look at taking peatland strategy to...
Third World Peatlands Day
World Peatlands Day is celebrated on the 2nd of June each year. Launched by the International Peatland Society (IPS) in autumn 2019. Correlates with the date when the draft constitution of the IPS was adopted at an international symposium...