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IPS member webinar: Plant Biodiversity of Peatland Pools: An Endeavour Towards Ecological Restoration
Speaker: Laura Catalina Riaño Peña Peatland Ecology Research Group, Université Laval, Québec, Canada 7 April 2026 15:00 EET 14:00 CET The Teams link willl be sent to IPS members via Snippets/Peatlands International. Peatland pools are bodies of water that...
IPS member webinar: IPS Scientific Advisory Board – what it is, what it does, and why it matters
Speaker: Anna-Helena Purre Welcome to the March IPS webinar! Mark the date and join us 🙂 The link will be shared by email to members. Join us for an in‑depth webinar exploring the vital role of the Scientific Advisory...
IPS member webinar: Harvest of Peat for the Manufacture of Value-Added Products for Agriculture, Water Treatment and other Industries
25 February, 15:00-16:00 hrs EET, 14:00-15:00 hrs CET The link will be provided to IPS members via Peatland Snippets 2.2026. Speaker: Peggy Jones American Peat Technology (APT), located in Minnesota, USA, has been manufacturing granular products from peat since...
Executive Board meeting 153
MS Teams 10 February 2025 15 – 17 hrs EET EB members and invited guests The 153rd Executive Board Meeting of the International Peatland Society brings together the Board to discuss strategic, organisational and operational matters of the Society....
World Peatlands Day 2026
World Peatlands Day is celebrated every year on 2 June to raise global awareness of peatlands and peat in all their aspects. Initiated by the International Peatland Society, the date marks the approval of the first IPS statutes and...
World Wetlands Day 2026
2 February 2026 World Wetlands Day is observed every year on 2 February to raise global awareness of the importance of wetlands. It marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands in 1971. Wetlands are defined...
Webinar on NRL impact in Germany and the Netherlands
The Board of the Dutch National Committee of IPS invites you to an online webinar on Tuesday, 20 January 2026, 14:00 – 15:30 CET, on the implications of the EU Nature Restoration Law for the use and management of...
IPS member webinar: Toward a Professional Bibliographic Database on Mitigation Options for Anthropogenic Stressors in Boreal Peatlands and Wetlands
12 January 15-16 hrs EET (Helsinki) Daniel Campbell, Birchbark Environmental Research, Sudbury, Canada Line Rochefort, Peatland Ecology Research Group, Université Laval, Québec, Canada In the coming decades, climate change and development projects in the Boreal biome will increasingly impact...
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...