Delighted to be featured in this month's Live Encounter online magazine liveencounters.net/2024-le-mag/04…
Connecting Communities with Peatlands Peatlands Gathering PeatlandConservation LIFE IP Peatlands and People Native Woodland Trust Currach Books Irish Wildlife Trust Mooney Goes Wild

An Angle Shades caterpillar hides in plain sight among the spiky Gorse bushes Irish Wildlife Trust Community Wetlands Forum Connecting Communities with Peatlands Peatlands Gathering LIFE IP Peatlands and People PeatlandConservation Currach Books

#LIFEProject Raised bogs has a new podcast📻

Turn up the volume & learn about their efforts to restore #Peatlands  and protect #Natura2000 sites in Denmark🇩🇰

🤠Happy weekend: bit.ly/3PvbdIn

You can access now to our Newsletter 002 for the Irish Action Site WaterLANDS 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Discover a bit more about blanket bogs 🌱and our farmers🧑‍🌾as well as Natura Communities initiative and our next events! 📅 #HappyEaster #Peatlands #BlanketBogs

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Ireland's Climate Action Plan 2024 is now open for public consultation!

The draft Plan sets out key actions and measures to support the delivery of Ireland’s emissions reduction targets and overall #climate objectives.

Have your say: peatlandsandpeople.ie/get-involved/p…

Have you checked out the new Peat Hub Ireland glossary of peatland terms?

The glossary includes 120 definitions from 25 sources to help you navigate the complexity of peatland ecosystems and delve into #peatland knowledge and research. 💧🌿🌾

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Dr. Kate Flood

A sliver of evening sun illuminates the Hare's Tail Bog cotton like little flickering candles Connecting Communities with Peatlands LIFE IP Peatlands and People PeatlandConservation Peatlands Gathering Malcolm Noonan T.D. wildflowerhour Currach Books

Beautiful Angle Shades moth caterpillar feasting on flowering Hare's Tail Bog Cotton Connecting Communities with Peatlands LIFE IP Peatlands and People PeatlandConservation Community Wetlands Forum Peatland ECR Action Team Catherine (Farrell) Wilkie Peatland ACTION Currach Books

Check out the exciting updates from the EPA-funded project CH4PEAT!
CH4PEAT is working with Bord na Móna and LIFE IP Peatlands and People to monitor methane and carbon dioxide fluxes at two peatland sites in the #midlands .
peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/updates-f…

We are delighted to be leading the consortium on this new exciting #EIP project. Looking forward to working with our partners and farmers. You can read our full statement on irishrurallink.ie/irish-rural-li… CAP Network Ireland Atlantic Technological University Malcolm Noonan T.D. Pippa Hackett Charlie McConalogue

Clara Bog - Community Gathering: Rescheduled to Friday 8th March due to poor weather conditions today.

We will test out the new Community Wetlands Forum field guides, plus chat about farmed peat soils and local history with the Clara Heritage Society!

Register: eventbrite.ie/e/farmers-of-c…

Join us Thurs 14 March at 7:30pm for our Creativity for the Wetlands webinar with artist Helen Flanagan of Friends of Friends of Ardee Bog

Helen's work connects people and peatlands through arts and with Ardee Bog she has developed the 'Bog Café' concept.

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Save the date for our Peatland Scenarios workshop exploring possible #peatland futures with the Peat Hub Ireland team and Matt Finch Follow for details EPA Research News Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine LIFE IP Peatlands and People AI2Peat UCD Earth Institute Community Wetlands Forum FarmPEAT Project Irish peat ECR #multipeat

🎨 🌿 Peatlands and art: Textures, Tastes and Colours of the Bog 🌺 💧

Read article on new art project Gnáthóga Nádúrtha, a collaboration between artists, environmental organisations and communities in Carlow, Kildare and Meath.

peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/peatlands… text by Dr. Kate Flood

We're looking for suitable candidates to fill the post of Documentation Officer, at NMI- Natural History-
This is a five year fixed-term contract.-Closing Date for Applications Friday 22nd March 2024
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Happy Friday!

Did you get a chance to check out our recent video featuring members of the P&P expert team? Watch it now at the link below!

Thank you to the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community & Rural Dev & the Islands for inviting us today to discuss #EnergyPoverty #Retrofitting . Our opening statement and submission are available 👉bit.ly/49K0Vf8 CAP Network Ireland Meals on Wheels Network Longford Womens Link

Boglands encapsulate some amazing parts of the human spirit. Underdogs but resilient, misunderstood but powerful, wells of creativity. Humanity can learn some lessons from these complicated systems. Please share the bog love.

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New online training course on 'pollinator-friendly farming' for farmers, farm advisors and agricultural students.

A 30min. insight into the wonderful world of pollinating insects and #farmlandbiodiversity ⬇️

learn.biodiversityireland.ie/courses/pollin…

All-Ireland Pollinator Plan
Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Just look at what a difference #Restoration can make. These two shots of the same spot were taken just over 5 years apart. Slowing the flow of water over the bare peat has allowed vegetation to re-establish - there's so much green here compared to when we started. #GreatNorthBog