Protecting peatlands
date: 17/04/2023
- Webinar: Peatlands 101 for investors – a viable investment opportunity
A recent webinar introduced investors to the many opportunities associated with peatland restoration, both for climate change mitigation, biodiversity preservation, and as a commercially viable investment opportunity. It outlined the risks and opportunities in operations and supply chains of portfolio companies, illustrated with a number of projects and initiatives, and provided investors with six key calls to action. - For Peat’s Sake: Brussels Nature Restoration Law Event
In October 2022, WaterLANDS and Interreg North-West Europe project Care-Peat hosted a joint event in Brussels to discuss peatland policy recommendations developed with stakeholders and to advocate for stronger peatland targets in the proposal for the new EU Nature Restoration Law. The event, attended by MEPs, Directorate-Generals, and other policy stakeholders, called for a range of new measures, including the significant increase of peatland restoration targets for 2050, and the mandatory monitoring of restoration. - New Research by WaterLANDS Knowledge Site Partners Explores Rural Communities as Agents of Change for Protecting Peatlands
The research provides evidence of the importance of local communities and knowledge systems for the conservation of peatlands. It centres around everyday resilience and explores how rural communities can act as agents of change in peatlands social-ecological systems, and provides an overview of local dynamics in peatland conservation and wider issues of place-based development and adaptation.
Beyond peatlands, WaterLANDS has also announced in their latest update:
- the resident artists appointed for their six wetland Action Sites to engage the local community and restoration process
- the exciting ways for people at home to get involved in the WaterLANDS project, with citizen science projects planned to launch in 2023 which will explore the “re-seeing” of landscapes, aiming to reinforce community ties with wetlands and help to build community support for wetland restoration. An update has also been provided from the Venice lagoon excursion.