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2nd Annual Network Meeting: Restoration & Drainage in Peatlands
Published on January 12, 2011 in DIARY

January 12th-13th 2011

Day 1

1 Peatland hydrological functioning: and the need for restoration for carbon conservation.
Prof. Dave Gilvear: Stirling University

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2 The purpose of restoration: a regulatory overview
Lorna Harris: SEPA

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3 Evaluating a match: is restoration for flood control, biodiversity and carbon functioning the same thing?
Clifton Bain: IUCN

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4 The effects of road building on peatlands: an ecological perspective.
Richard Lindsay: University of East London
5 Hydrological and biogeochemical effects of peatland restoration; observational and experimental approaches.
Dr. Lorraine Wilson: RSPB

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6 SNIFFER project ER18. Aquatic C fluxes from UK peatlands: A demonstration of a prototype metadatabase on aquatic C forms in UK peatlands.
Dr. Marc Stutter: Macaulay Land Use Institute


Day 2

1 Case studies from Ireland.
Dr. Catherine O’Farrell: Bord na Móna

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2 Case study from Whitelee Windfarm.
Peter Robson: Scottish Power Renewables

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3 Case study of restoration on Flanders Moss.
Dr. Nadeem Shah: Forestry Research

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4 Drain blocking best practice and the implications for dissolved organic carbon concentrations.
Dr. Alona Armstrong: University of Glasgow
5 The effect of peatland restoration on gas emissions.
Mark Cooper: Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Bangor

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6 Discussion. Exploring the possibility of a levy on development in peatlands.
chaired by Prof. Susan Waldron: Glasgow University

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