Interactive Workshop: Exploring the impacts of paludiculture on the natural environment

In Europe, there is a huge current interest in paludiculture: the productive land use of wet and rewetted peatlands. In lowlands, this is primarily framed as a means to reduce carbon emissions from drained agricultural land and extend its commercially viable lifespan. The impacts of paludiculture on the natural environment has been relatively neglected.

We invite you to join a short online workshop to explore the known and potential impacts of paludiculture on the natural environment. We’ll think about impacts on biodiversity, soils, hydrology, water quality, and natural beauty – both within paludiculture sites and across the landscape. We’ll explore possible means to maximise opportunities and minimise threats of paludiculture for the natural environment. The focus will on lowland peatlands in England, but we’d love to draw on expertise from across Europe and the world!

There will be a mixture of presentations (a small part of the workshop) and group…