Palus Demos
PALUS DEMOS is a four year, €10m Horizon Europe-funded project investigating paludiculture, the productive use of wet and rewetted peatlands that preserves peat soil and minimises CO2 emissions and subsidence. The goal of PALUS DEMOS research is to turn rewetted bogs into profitable farms and to develop markets for wetlands crops such as sphagnum moss, typha reed and berries such as blueberries and cranberries. Researchers will test crops and collect data at three large scale (50ha+) demonstrator sites in Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands.
Project aims
The project team will develop a range of best practices and land uses in these strategic locations in Europe. They will develop long term business plans and their work will be supported by Artificial Intelligence tools to build an evidence-based policy approach to wetlands farming.
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PALUdiculture large Scale DEMOnstrationS Project No. 101182338
HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-01-03
Publications and more information
Paludiculture Gains European Spotlight on Euronews
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Location
Europe
Project partners
This project is led by University of Galway and has 26 partners including; Bórd Na Móna, Natural England, Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Amsterdam, University of Applied Science Utrecht, Liverpool John Moores University, University College Dublin, Lancashire Wildlife Trust, Forum Connemara and Peatland Finance Ireland. For a full list of our partners visit: https://palusdemos.org/about-us/​​
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