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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...
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...
IPS member webinar: Solar and wind power for previous peat extraction areas, Neova Group
3 November 2025 15:00 – 16:00 hrs EET Link will be sent to IPS members Presenters: Lauri Alanen, Director, Neova Ville Kenttämaa, Senior Project Manager, Neova Roope Vainio, Project Manager, Neova Kia Anttilainen, Project Manager, Neova Neova is developing...
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...
IPS Member Webinar: Getting people to peatlands
9 Semptember 15:00 – 16:00 hrs EEST Presenter: Dr Ilze Ozola, Latvia Chair of IPS Commission Peatlands and Society Most people know very little about peatlands—where they are, how they’re managed, or why they matter. This is true not...
EB meeting 50
Executive Board meeting No 50 Ms Teams 2 September 2025 EB members and invited guests only.