Joint British Ecological Society and IUCN UK Peatland Programme Symposium
‘Investing in Peatlands: Demonstrating Success'

26-28 June 2012, University of Bangor

Register now at www.BritishEcologicalSociety.org/2012symp
Deadline abstract submission - 15 Feb 2012
Deadline early bird registration - 12 March 2012

Please help us promote this important meeting - you can download and forward the meeting poster here
http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/documents/meetings/Symp2012poste...

The IUCN UK Commission of Inquiry on Peatlands report and summary has been published
http://www.iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/commission/findings

If you would like to receive a printed copy of the summary and/or the report, please send your request stating your postal adress to Chris Rea, IUCN UK Peatland Progarmme communications manager at info@iucn.org.uk

Peat depth datasets?

Penny Anderson Associates are currently working on a new peat project for the North Pennines AONB Partnership's Peatscapes Project (Andy Lloyd) and Natural England (Matthew Shepherd).

This "National Peat Depth and Carbon Storage Project" is tasked with several objectives detailed below, but is concentrating on obtaining any GIS datasets (or maps) that show peat depth.

If you could help provide any datasets that contain peat depth measurements, we would be very pleased to include in the project.

Project Objectives:

We would very much welcome peatland restoration practitioners to join the IUCN UK Peatland conference 'Investing in Peatlands - Delivering Multiple Benefits' on 20-22 June 11, Stirling.
The focus of our second annual conference is on securing peatland ecosystem service benefits through different funding opportunities.

As places book up fast, please register soon to avoid disappointment
http://www.iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/news/148

The Biodiversity Convention Secretariat is holding a major international meeting in Nagoya, Japan at the end of October (COP10 - http://www.cbd.int/cop10/) and among the main issues being discussed is the need for greater effort on habitat restoration and recognition of the ecosystem services that this can provide. Clearly a great opportunity to showcase peatland restoration and we have managed to arrange for Richard Lindsay along with Dr Stefan Hotes to attend on behalf of the IUCN UK Peatland Programme.

We would very much welcome peatland restoration practitioners to join the IUCN UK Peatland conference 'Investing in Peatlands - The Climate Challenge' on 28-29 Sep 10 in Durham. As places book up fast, please register soon to avoid disappointment
http://iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/conference2010

I send this ahead of our newsletter next week, as that usually triggers more bookings. Please feel free to forward the newsletter to interested colleagues.

Dear colleague,

Apologies for crossposting, I would like to make you aware of a new call for research proposals being run by the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership, through its Peatscapes peatland restoration project.

Dear all,

Project wins national flood management award

Has anyone done work on sampling the structure of heathers (Calluna, Erica cinera & E.tetralix). North of May Moss Bog is a protected site covering nearly 300ha that has not been cut, burnt or grazed for over 40 years.
I thought of laying a transect and measuring stem length, plant diameter in 4 metre plot. Any thoughts