ForPeat's Open Lab 3 is located in De Weerribben and is coordinated by Wageningen University’s Department of Environmental Sciences and Wageningen Environmental Research.
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Advancing sustainable management and restoration of Europe's forested peatlands. Funded by the EU.
🌲 Estonia’s forested peatlands show how decades of drainage and forestry have shaped these ecosystems, underlining the importance of management approaches that support climate action, biodiversity and water quality.
ForPeat’s Finnish Open Lab comprises four sites — Sanginjoki, Kivalo, Lettosuo and Ylpässuo — together representing the main management and restoration approaches applied to forested peatlands in Finland.🌲💧 🔗Learn more about the work behind: www.forpeat.eu/open-lab-1-f... #Peatlands #ClimateAction
Open Lab Finland – Sustainable Management of Forested Peatlands
Explore ForPeat’s Open Lab in Finland, comparing restoration, continuous cover forestry and rotation forestry in drained peatlands to assess greenhouse gas mitigation, water impacts and ecosystem serv...
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From Portugal to Finland, ForPeat’s Open Labs are working on the sustainable management of forested peatlands 🌍🌱 Explore the new Open Labs section on our website and discover the sites driving ForPeat’s research and restoration activities 👇 🔗 www.forpeat.eu
ForPeat: Restoring Europe’s Peatlands
Restoring Europe’s forest peatlands through Open Labs, rewetting and harmonised monitoring to increase carbon storage, water quality and biodiversity.
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🤔 How do restoration practices in peatlands affect carbon fluxes? It’s one of the 50 priority research questions shaping peatland science—and something we’re tackling in ForPeat. If you work on peatlands, this paper is worth your time 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Priority research questions in global peatland science - Communications Earth & Environment
Global research prioritization for peatland science engaged 467 participants from 54 countries, identifying 50 priority research questions across carbon dynamics, climate impacts, restoration and mana...
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💧 €1.3B for peatland rewetting in Germany The EC has approved a major scheme to restore drained #peatlands currently responsible for ~7% of Germany’s emissions. Not just restoration → a shift to paludiculture: farming on wet soils while cutting emissions. 🔗 www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/co...
Commission approves €1.3bn for rewetting of peatlands in Germany
Under the scheme participants can avail of direct grants covering up to 100% of eligible costs.
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Want your #research to actually influence #policy? This tranining gives researchers the tools to engage with policy safely, responsibly, and effectively. From understanding policy landscapes to creating impactful policy outputs. 👉 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/influencin...
Influencing policy
A practical online course for researchers on how to engage with policy safely, responsibly and effectively
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❄️ 1 metre of snow didn’t stop us. Peatlands don’t stop either. Discover how ForPeat is unlocking their potential 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uTg...
The Future of Forested Peatlands: Monitoring and Managing Nature’s Carbon Reservoirs | ForPeat
YouTube video by Kneia
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🤔 How do you turn #research into real-world impact? Join this practical and interactive online session to learn how to design impact that actually works. 📅 15 April 2026 | 9:30–11:00 UTC 💻 Online Save your spot and start making your research count 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fast-track...
Fast-track your research impact
A practical, interactive online session on generating real-world impact from research using evidence-based tools and efficient planning
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At Ylpässuo, a protected mire in southern Finland, researchers from the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Oulu are studying a protected mire functions as part of the REWET project. ▶️ Discover the Ylpässuo Open Lab 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmzn...
Turpeen kerrostama ekosysteemi: Ylpässuo Suomessa
YouTube video by REWET
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Are expanding northern peatlands cooling or warming the climate? It depends on how they develop🧪 This study combines paleoecology, remote sensing and hydrological modelling to examine peatland expansion and vegetation succession in a subarctic fen margin in Lapland bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
In southern Estonia, the ForPeat Open Lab is exploring how forestry and #peatland ecosystems can coexist more sustainably. Located in Rumba, the study site covers 50 hectares within a 500-hectare spruce-dominated peatland forest, an area shaped by decades of forestry and drainage.
🌍 Across Europe, ForPeat is working through several Open Labs to test and demonstrate peatland restoration and managemenr in real conditions. One of them is located in Karlstifter Moor, Austria
Sustainable tourism, including ecotourism, is a cross-cutting activity that can contribute to the achievement of the #SDGs. Protecting wetlands ensures that tourism development remains responsible, inclusive and future-focused. #GlobalTourismResilienceDay
Wetlands are not just a ecosystems: They are places of knowledge, culture, and life. Citizen science plays a crucial role in safeguarding and restoring wetlands. World Wetlands Day today reminds us of this #WordWetlandDay #CitizenScience
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PeacePlus Nature Peatland Conservation Scientist
Are you passionate about protecting and restoring peatlands? The restoration of Northern Ireland’s peatlands will deliver major conservation benefits and is a key part of PeacePlus Nature. We are ...
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Nominations to the Executive Board can be submitted by National Committees until 6 February. peatlands.org/executive-bo...
Executive Board Elections 2026 - International Peatland Society
National Committees of the IPS are asked to submit their nominations by 6 February to the IPS Secretariat, including a nomination letter, a max 4-page CV and, if possible, motivation letter by the app...
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🌍 Happy World Wetlands Day! 💧Wetlands come in many forms, such as marshes, bogs, and fens. Among them, peatlands are wetlands where long-term waterlogging and low-oxygen conditions allow partially decomposed organic matter to accumulate over centuries. Here are a few key facts ⬇️
The Finnish Peatland Society has published the programme of its Peatland Day (Suopäivä) in Helsinki on 5 February. Have a look and register, there are still a few seats available: www.suoseura.fi/2026/01/21/s... #peatlands #peat #finland #suo #turve
Suopäivä 2026: ohjelma julkistettu ja ilmoittautumista jatkettu! – Suoseura – Finnish Peatland Society
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#ExcitingNews: Today @wmo-global.bsky.social and the Convention on Wetlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding, establishing a framework for collaboration. The MoU aims to leverage the complementary strengths of the two institutions to strengthen the science–policy interface. #WetlandsMatter
🎉15 DAYS TO GO! 🎉 First celebrated in 1997 and a United Nations International Day since 2022, #WorldWetlandsDay honours the beauty and value of wetlands. Details: www.worldwetlandsday.org #WorldWetlandsDay2026 #CelebratingWetlands #WWD2026 #WetlandsandCulture
📢 Webinar invitation | EU Nature Restoration Law & Peatlands 🗓 20 January ⏰ 14–15:30 CET 💻 MS Teams • Irene Bouwma, Netherlands • Bernd Hofer, Germany 🔗 Link via Peatland Snippets 1.2025 👉 Info: peatlands.org/event/webina... #peatlands #peat #agriculture #NatureRestorationLaw Photo: Ries Bosch
Webinar on NRL impact in Germany and the Netherlands - International Peatland Society
The Board of the Dutch National Committee of IPS invites you to an online webinar on Tuesday, 20 January 2026, 14:00 – 15:30 CET, on the implications of the EU Nature Restoration Law for the use and m...
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💻 Wetlands in Action Webinars - Session 4: Registration is open! 🛰️ "Remote Sensing of #Wetland and #Peatland Dynamic: #Restoration and Carbon Emissions" Date: 10 February 2026 Time: 11:00 –12:00 (CET) Location: Online 💻 Registration link 👉 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🍃 #Peatlands store vast amounts of #carbon and play a key role in #water regulation and #biodiversity protection. Yet decades of drainage and land-use change have left many European peatlands degraded, turning former climate allies into sources of greenhouse gas emissions.
✨ Happy New Year! Let’s kick off 2026 with fresh science and sharp discussions. 🌿 Wetlands in Action – Webinar Session 3 Data-Driven Wetland Monitoring GHG hotspots & Rewetting Impact Assessment 📅 13 Jan 2026 ⏰ 11:00–12:00 CET 💻 Online 👉 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Webinar 3. Data-Driven Wetland Monitoring: GHG Hotspot and Rewetting Impact Assessment. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joini...
Register now for the third webinar in the “Wetlands in Action” series, launched by 4 Horizon Europe Sister Projects. This session is dedicated to the presentation of ALFAwetlands, WET HORIZONS and REW...
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🌿#Peatland forests across Europe are highly diverse ecosystems varying in nutrient levels, peat depth, hashtag#hydrology, and #management practices. This complexity makes both forestry operations and ecological restoration particularly challenging.
🌍 Meet our coordinator 👏 Based in Spain, IDENER.AI is a research SME that combines artificial intelligence, systems modelling, and optimisation to address complex scientific and engineering challenges.
🌍 8 Open Labs. 1 shared mission. Focusing on techniques like #rewetting, the project aims to reduce carbon loss, enhance carbon storage, and restore #biodiversity. Where can you find our Open Labs? 🔹 Finland 🔹 Estonia 🔹 Netherlands 🔹 Austria 🔹 Poland 🔹 Portugal 🔹 Italy 🔹 Sweden
🗺️ Where can we find Europe’s #peatlands? They stretch across the continent, but the largest concentrations are found in Finland and Sweden, followed by significant areas in Estonia, the Netherlands, and Poland.