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Bernd Haynold
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 20, 20231 min read
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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
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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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Paludiculture – innovation for lowland peat at The Royal Norfolk Show
NIAB and the Broads Authority are highlighting the challenges in lowland peat landscapes (balancing productivity, CO2 emissions and...

Douglas Hobbs
May 31, 20231 min read
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Decline in peat usage in UK horticulture
Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has issued a report to members of its specialist group, the Growing Media Association (GMA), which...

Jo Bellett
May 5, 20232 min read
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Paludiculture North-West Workshop
Partnering with Care-Peat and Lancashire Wildlife Trust. Mon 6th March A wet, cold and blustery day on the Lancashire Mosses, which shone...

Jo Bellett
Mar 28, 20232 min read
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New Map of Proposed Fen Reservoir
Anglian Water and Cambridge Water have released new details of the first phase of the new Fen reservoir. A new map released by Cambridge...

Jo Bellett
Mar 23, 20232 min read
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Peatland Progress using Paludiculture at Farm-Scale
Peatland Progress will be demonstrating paludiculture, at farm-scale to prevent the loss of peat soils, lock in carbon and create new...

Jo Bellett
Mar 23, 20231 min read
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New Peatland Code Version 2.0 Released
The IUCN-UK-Peatland programme has released Version 2.0 of the Peatland Code, on 8th March 2023. The Peatland code provides a mechanism...

Jo Bellett
Mar 10, 20231 min read
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CANAPE: Your Pocket Guide to Sustainable Peatland Farming
Following 5 years of work, we have synthesised the CANAPE knowledge into a short guide for peatland land farmers and managers who are...

Jo Bellett
Mar 9, 20231 min read
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Rewetting peatlands on Farming Today
Throughout this week, BBC Farming Today are covering the topic of the future of our peatlands. In today's programme Anna Hill of the BBC...

Douglas Hobbs
Feb 8, 20231 min read
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Paludiculture in The Environmental Improvement Plan
Paludiculture becomes a sustainable farming land use in the new Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP), which links schemes to restore...

Jo Bellett
Feb 3, 20234 min read
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Exploring the way forward for wetter farming in England
You may have missed the opportunity to join us in person in Cambridge (11-12th January 2023) but you will soon be able to access the...

Elizabeth Stockdale
Jan 10, 20231 min read
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Paludiculture Exploration Fund (PEF) grant opens
The Paludiculture Exploration Fund (PEF) grant is now open for applications from projects focused on tackling the barriers to developing...

Elizabeth Stockdale
Jan 10, 20231 min read
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Growing a Paludiculture Community
We know that there are a number of active networks already sharing ideas and best practice for paludiculture in England and more widely....

Elizabeth Stockdale
Jan 10, 20231 min read
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