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Bernd Haynold
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Growing opportunities by sharing knowledge in Paludiculture
Save the date! 10 Jan 2024, 12:00 – 12 Jan 2024, 13:30 Manchester Metropolitan University, Rosamond St W, Manchester M15 6EB, UK Help us...
Douglas Hobbs
Sep 15, 20231 min read
Lowland agricultural peat autumn workshops 2023
Defra's Lowland Peat Team are holding a series of lowland agricultural peat focused workshops this Autumn. Registration for the five...
Douglas Hobbs
Sep 15, 20231 min read
Lowland agricultural peat water discovery pilot grant scheme workshop
The Environment Agency are hosting a webinar on 26th September, to help support anyone considering an application for a grant under the...
Elizabeth Stockdale
Sep 1, 20231 min read
Moss matters -The British Bryological Society is celebrating its centenary
The British Bryological Society (BBS) welcomes anyone interested in the study and conservation of mosses and liverworts. There are over...
Jo Bellett
Aug 18, 20231 min read
Lowland Agricultural Peat Water Discovery Pilot Grant
The LAPWDP grant scheme has been launched. The scheme will fund the creation of new plans for peatland water management for lowland peat...
Douglas Hobbs
Aug 16, 20231 min read
Can agriculture and reduced emissions coexist? Meet the pioneer farmers who are leading the way
Read Sylvia Thompson’s insightful article on how 23 farmers have shown how the balance between agriculture and environment is being...
Jo Bellett
Aug 11, 20231 min read
Goosedown out, bulrush in: the plant refashioning puffer jackets
The PEF funded project Boggy bulrushes to BioPuff®, led by Lancashire Wildlife Trust working closely with Saltyco, landowners Peel L&P...
Douglas Hobbs
Aug 8, 20231 min read
Developing a new approach to flood management in the Fens
The Environment Agency are launching Fens 2100+. This is a new programme of work to enable the Fens to adapt to the challenges of climate...
Elizabeth Stockdale
Aug 7, 20231 min read
New grants to manage water on lowland peat
Defra has announced a new £5.45 million pilot project to provide control of water levels for the preservation and rewetting of lowland...
Jo Bellett
Aug 2, 20232 min read
Land Skills Fair - Cirencester
A great way to introduce the audience to paludiculture and the new exciting research projects, which are taking shape in the North-West...
Jo Bellett
Jul 31, 20231 min read
Are you getting involved in BOG DAY 2023 ?
This year we will be celebrating Bog Day on Sunday 23rd July 2023 Share your events, resources, videos, projects, blogs, and press...
Jo Bellett
Jul 18, 20232 min read
Peatland Progress: Exploring ways to up-scale moss growing on larger areas
The next phase of sphagnum moss farming trials at the Great Fen continues with the arrival of moss to trial new planting methods. This...
Jo Bellett
Jul 13, 20232 min read
Integration of water buffalo into Paludiculture
Text translated from WE! – Plant³: Buffalo farming - Faculty - University of Greifswald (uni-greifswald.de) European researchers have...
Jo Bellett
Jul 7, 20232 min read
Roadmap to making wide-scale adoption of paludiculture a commercial reality in England: Independent
One of the fourteen recommendations that came out of the Lowland Agricultural Peat Task Force report that was published Thursday 29th...
Douglas Hobbs
Jul 3, 20231 min read
Paludiculture Exploration Fund: grant awardees
Below is a list and brief description of the projects that this fund is supporting. The projects will explore: how water levels might be...
Douglas Hobbs
Jun 29, 20234 min read
New investment in peat in fight against climate change
As part of the government’s commitments to drive international ambition on action to tackle climate change, working towards nature-based...
Douglas Hobbs
Jun 29, 20233 min read
Conference: Accelerating peatland climate protection
The German Federal Foundation for the Environment and the Greifswald Mire Centre jointly held a conference on 1st June 2023 to discuss...
Jo Bellett
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Exploring the Future of Lowland Agricultural Peat Workshop - The Fenland SOIL Conference 2023
The presentations and reports for the Exploring the Future of Lowland Agricultural Peat Workshop - The Fenland SOIL Conference 2023 are...
Jo Bellett
Jun 19, 20231 min read
The future of food in the Lincolnshire Fens
Interested in exploring the future of food production in the Lincolnshire Fens together with the role for paludiculture and restoration?...
Elizabeth Stockdale
Jun 12, 20231 min read
New water management group
A key outcome of the Centre for Landscape Regeneration and FenlandSOIL at their Exploring the Future of Lowland Agricultural Peat...
Jo Bellett
Jun 2, 20232 min read
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