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INCASE Project's Tale of Two Peatland Papers

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Feb 17, 20223 min read

INCASE Project's Tale of Two Peatland Papers

“It was the best of peatlands, it was the worst of peatlands, it was the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, it was the Peatlands...

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Peat fans, why not join the Irish Peatland Society?

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Oct 9, 20211 min read

Peat fans, why not join the Irish Peatland Society?

Following our Peatlands Gathering event, where else can those with an interest in peat find more information and meet like-minded...

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Oct 9, 20215 min read

Peatlands Gathering 2021 keynote address delivered by Minister Malcolm Noonan

Peatlands Gathering was delighted to have Minister of State for Heritage & Electoral Reform Malcolm Noonan TD deliver the keynote address...

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Treasure - Bog Poetry by Eileen Casey, captured on film

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Oct 6, 20213 min read

Treasure - Bog Poetry by Eileen Casey, captured on film

‘Treasure’ is a short film commissioned by Offaly Arts for Culture Night, 2021 which features a selection of bog poetry by Eileen Casey...

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"Till Birnam Wood remove to Dunsinane": Implications of the Meenbog Peat Slide

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Oct 6, 20214 min read

"Till Birnam Wood remove to Dunsinane": Implications of the Meenbog Peat Slide

Dr Phoebe Morton, an ecosystem scientist formerly of the Source To Tap project writes on the Meenbog Peat Slide in Co Donegal last year

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Not Yet Saved - Peatland-inspired art by Jo Killalea

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Oct 3, 20211 min read

Not Yet Saved - Peatland-inspired art by Jo Killalea

Artist Jo Killalea's paintings capture an essence of the peatland landscape of her home in the West of Ireland and were recently...

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Ecohydrology of wetlands and remote sensing monitoring

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Sep 4, 20214 min read

Ecohydrology of wetlands and remote sensing monitoring

Prof Laurence Gill, of Trinity College Dublin, is principal investigator on the EPA-funded research project, EcoMetrics, developing...

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Improving water from managed bogs: SWAMP and Reform Water projects

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Sep 4, 20212 min read

Improving water from managed bogs: SWAMP and Reform Water projects

Here Dr Florence Renou-Wilson, Principal Investigator & Director of the MSc Programme in Global Change: Ecosystem Science and Policy at...

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AUGER - How peatland properties influence Irish greenhouse gas emissions & removal

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Aug 22, 20214 min read

AUGER - How peatland properties influence Irish greenhouse gas emissions & removal

Dr Florence Renou-Wilson, Principal Investigator & Director of the MSc Programme in Global Change: Ecosystem Science and Policy at the...

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GP3 - Irish Peatland Restoration Project

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Aug 2, 20214 min read

GP3 - Irish Peatland Restoration Project

The GP3 campaign to restore damaged peatlands is supported by the United Nations Environment Programme’s Global Peatlands Initiative and...

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Jul 26, 20212 min read

Protecting Ireland’s Oligotrophic Lakes

Emma Gray, Heather Lally and Giovanni Cappelli of the Marine and Freshwater Research Centre, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, on...

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Irish Peatland Archaeology - Past, Present and Future

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Jul 26, 20212 min read

Irish Peatland Archaeology - Past, Present and Future

Ellen O Carroll, Post Doctoral Researcher in Archaeology, UCD School of Archaeology and foodcult.eu writes about the amazing discoveries...

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Smart observations of peatland function - Smartbog

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Jul 21, 20213 min read

Smart observations of peatland function - Smartbog

Pics of bogland, a near-natural raised bog, a site that has been drained and peat extracted, then a site rewetted in the Smartbog project

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Jul 7, 20213 min read

Welcome to the Peatlands Gathering 2021!

Dr Catherine A. Farrell, pictured below right, leader of the Peatlands Gathering 2021 organising committee, writes: The Peatlands...

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