BES Facebook pageJoint British Ecological Society and
IUCN UK Peatland Programme Symposium 2012
Investing in Peatlands - Demonstrating Success
Bangor University, UK
26 - 28 June 2012
Abstracts
Deadline: 15 February 2012
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The conference invites abstracts for brief oral presentations and posters on six themes for the interactive sessions on day two of the symposium. For posters, there is an open theme category.
Contributions are welcome from practitioners, policy advisers and scientists, and ideally collaborations of these groups that demonstrate successes in partnership working towards peatland restoration.
Concise abstracts are invited, limited to 150 words maximum. Abstracts will ONLY be accepted online. All submitters are expected to book by 12 March if provisionally accepted into the programme.
THE DEADLINE HAS NOW PASSED
Please feel free to contact Aletta Bonn, the conference organiser, if you have any queries.
Session Themes
1. Restoring blanket bog and raised bog peatlands - evidence based conservation
How has science informed policy and practice in bog restoration and vice versa?
chair: Katherine Hearn, National Trust
2. Restoring fen peatlands - links with sustainable rural development
How can restoration of fens achieve enhancement of both biodiversity and ecosystem services as well as promote a sustainable rural economy?
chair: Pete Jones, Country Council for Wales
3. Restoring Asian peatlands - biofuels, wildfires and other threats
What are the challenges to restoration in tropical peatlands and how can they be addressed?
chair: Sue Page, University of Leicester
4. Can the Water Framework Directive be a driver for peatland restoration?
What is needed to ensure that the role of peatlands is fully recognised in achieving good ecological status and how do we support action on the ground River Basin plans?
chair: Harriet Orr, Environment Agency
5. Restoration for carbon benefits: science, policy and markets
How can we value peatland restoration contribution to climate mitigation and adaptation, and how can new funding avenues be developed?
chair: Mark Reed, University of Aberdeen
6. Connecting with people - Raising awareness of the importance of peatlands
Despite their importance to society, the public perception of peatlands is often negative or even non-existing. How can we develop a more positive public perception of peatlands to recognise these special places and ultimately invest in restoration?
chair: Pat Thompson, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
7. Invited Plenum Speakers (by invitation only)
