AFBI Economics Research Branch Symposium on Peatland Regeneration: Practice and Prospects
Date published:
Conference Hall AFBI Hillsborough 22 November 2024
In recent years upland blanket bog has been recognized as a rich and multi-functional resource that contributes to many ecosystems’ services, including:
- Food production via extensive grazing
- Water quality via filtration through sphagnum moss
- Water regulation via water absorption and gradual release
- Biodiversity via habitat for flora and fauna
- Carbon storage via sequestration in peat
- Recreation via tourism
Achieving the optimal mix of ecosystems services and agreeing how to achieve a healthy peatland environment requires agreement between the many actors involved.
The symposium brought together approximately 65 participants representing a variety of perspectives to consider policy, ecology, practice, barriers, and solutions aimed at achieving peatland regeneration.
The event programme and associated presentations are available to download and share from this webpage.
The symposium was held as part of the DAERA E&I Behavioural Change in Hills and Uplands Farming (BeCHUF) Research Project.
For more information about the symposium, please contact Dr Simone Angioloni at Simone.Angioloni@afbini.gov.uk
Documents
- AFBI Peatland Symposium: Simone Angioloni, Gareth Bareham, Paul Caskie, Gary Goggins, Fiona Dickson, Bobbie Hamill, Stephanie Clokey, and Simon Gray
- Peatland Symposium Programme
- Bobbie Hamill The Condition of Peatlands In NI
- Eimear Reeve Peatlands GHG emissions monitoring and Mapping AFBI
- Fiona Dickson Overview of Peatland Policy in NI
- Gary Goggins Lessons from results-based payment schemes in Wild Atlantic Nature
- Simone Angioloni Farmers’ Preferences for Results-Based Peatland Regeneration Scheme Design Outcome and Impact
- Simone Gray Peatland Restoration in Practice
- Stephanie Clokey Barriers to Uptake
- Gareth Bareham Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) & Peatland Options