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Joint British Ecological Society and
IUCN UK Peatland Programme Symposium 2012
Investing in Peatlands - Demonstrating Success
Bangor University, UK
26 - 28 June 2012
This symposium will bring together experts from science, policy and practice from a wide range of backgrounds to highlight and debate the importance of peatlands from an ecological, social and economic perspective. Our current state of knowledge of peatlands and their ecosystem services will be reviewed and important knowledge gaps will be addressed in order to provide recommendations on how these can be filled. The symposium will assess socio-economic tools to embed peatland conservation in practice and policy, e.g. through payment for ecosystem services as well as novel partnership approaches between conservation, business and policy.
The symposium will be interdisciplinary with a strong focus on interaction of ecology and conservation science with socio-economics and policy. This will be reflected in the selection of keynote speakers and themes for the breakout sessions.
VIEW THE SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS HERE
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TRAVEL AND MEETING INFORMATION
For more information on this symposium, please contact Dr Aletta Bonn, the local organiser.
Organising Committee
Aletta Bonn, Clifton Bain, Justin Hanson, Chris Evans, Pat Thompson, Mike Morris, Peter Jones, Chris Freeman, Bridget Emmett and Des Thompson
(IUCN UK Peatland Programme, CCW, CEH Bangor, RSPB, University of Bangor, SNH)
The British Ecological Society and IUCN UK Peatland Programme are incredibly grateful to the following organisations for their valuable support:
Countryside Council for Wales, Welsh Government, The Anglesey and Llyn Fens LIFE Project, Welsh Water, RSPB, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, National Trust, Environment Agency Wales and the The Wildlife Trusts.
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