Posts Tagged ‘care-peat’
Report on peatland policy in North-West Europe
Well managed and healthy peatlands provide one of the most important opportunities to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Therefore, in these times of climate crisis, peatland’s potential to provide a long-term store and sink for carbon should be utilised as much as possible. Unfortunately, European policies and national policies have failed to protect peatlands,…
Read MoreWebinar – Peatlands in the new CAP
On Wednesday 3 June 2020, Wetlands International – Europe, the Greifswald Mire Centre and the National University of Ireland – Galway are co-organising a webinar on peatlands in the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Fully functional and healthy wetlands are the most effective long-term carbon store and sink on the planet. The drainage of peatlands…
Read MoreRelive the open Care-Peat meeting in the Netherlands
The last meeting of the Care-Peat project took place on 4 and 5 February 2020 in Deurne, the Netherlands, with the support of Province of North Brabant. After a productive project meeting, in which the progress and future activities of the project were discussed, the Care-Peat partners also welcomed external participants for the public part of…
Read MoreEEB proposes implementation of nature based solutions for Farm to Fork Strategy
On 11 February 2020, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) published a position paper on the EU “Farm to Fork” strategy. Outlining its priorities for a sustainable Farm to Fork strategy, the EEB proposes, among others, the implementation of nature-based solutions on agricultural land to protect and restore ecosystems currently used for food production. The European…
Read MoreThird Care-Peat meeting: science, soil and sunshine
The third meeting of the Care-Peat project took place on 4 and 5 February 2020 in Deurne, the Netherlands. Following a productive project meeting, during which the the progress and future of the project was discussed, the meeting transformed into a public workshop with presentation, discussions and an excursion to the Deurnsche Peel-Mariapeel. The open…
Read MorePolicy Brief Peatland Strategies in Europe
On 28 and 29 October, the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) of Germany, together with the Ramsar Convention Secretariat and the Michael Succow Foundation, organised a best-practice exchange workshop on European Peatland Strategies. Experts and peatlands stakeholders from over 12 EU…
Read MoreEurosite supports cross-project cooperation for European peatland conservation
Eurosite is one of the partners in the Care-Peat – Restoring the carbon storage capacity of peatland – project. Within the Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) programme, Care-Peat aims to reduce carbon emissions and restore the carbon storage capacity of different types of peatlands in North-West Europe. The main partnership consists of five knowledge institutes and…
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