Monitoring the pilot sites on GHG fluxes: a state of play from UK
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Introduction to pilot site Landemarais, France
Posted onThe Landemarais peatland is located in Parigné, Brittany, about 50 km north-east of Rennes Read More
Pilot site Cors y sarnau
Posted onCors y Sarnau, near Bala in North Wales, has been managed by the North Wales Wildlife Trust since 1972. Read More
White paper on Carbon Credits and Ecosystem Services
Posted onA new white paper on Carbon Credits and Ecosystem Services jointly launched by the EU Carbon-Connects & Care-Peat projects at the A3CA webinar Sustainable Farming for Peatlands, has found that with the right framework in place it should be possible to finance the restoration of damaged peatlands, significantly reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions and provide a good living for farmers all at the same time. Read More
Partners across the Planet welcome Irish Peatland Restoration Initiative
Posted onThe GP3 campaign is supported by the United Nations Environment Programme’s Global Peatlands Initiative. Dianna Kopansky, Global Peatlands Coordinator has recognized the initiative by Bord na Móna (Irish Peat Board) to restore damaged peatlands as part of an overall plan to restore more than 50,000 hectares of Irish peatlands, saving millions of tonnes of Carbon, massively improving Biodiversity and boosting the Irish rural economy, in the count down to the UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP26) in Glasgow UK later this year. Read More
“Eat, sleep, re-peat, repeat”: taking care of peatlands is working to tackle climate change…
Posted on“Eat, sleep, re-peat, repeat”: taking care of peatlands is working to tackle climate change… Read More
Digging peat pits at De Wieden, Netherlands
Posted onThe Care-Peat project near Jonen-Dwarsgracht is finished. In this project, new open water is realized by reopening old terrestrialised peat pits Read More
The Global Peat Press Project
Posted onThe Global Peat Press Project (GP3) campaign brings together international partners to highlight the importance of peatlands as vulnerable but valuable ecosystems. Read More
Restoration work in times of COVID: a state of affairs of the UK pilot sites
Posted onRestoration work in times of COVID: a state of affairs of the UK pilot sites Read More
Interreg Care-Peat expands with capitalisation project
Posted onAs part of the Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) programme, the Care-Peat project was given the opportunity to strengthen its scope with a so called ‘capitalisation project’. Read More