Official account of @LeverhulmeTrust funded 'Carbon Futures in the Mire?' project, co-led by @JamesR_Palmer (@GeogBristol) & @kargkama (@GeogBham)
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Really excited to see our first 'Peatscapes' journal article out in @progenvgeog!
"Carbon futures in the mire? Knowledge controversies in European peatland restoration and remaking"
Open Access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
#geography #sts #peat #restoration
The paper draws on an extensive literature review and some initial findings from our own fieldwork to scope out a wider peatland research agenda for the social sciences.
Thanks to @LeverhulmeTrust for funding the project!
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This week we're delighted to be joined by Dr Kärg Kama & Dr James Palmer who will be presenting their new project 'Peatscapes in transition: knowledge controversies in European peatland restoration'
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All welcome!
Check out this recent @peatscapes blogpost on carbon futures for lowland peat, written by our Research Associate @AMerrillGlover.
Part of the fabulous 'Seeing the Woods' blog, hosted by @CarsonCenter!
cc. @LeverhulmeTrust
🥳Our second reading recommendation today is 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴' latest addition “On Moral Grounds? Carbon Futures for Lowland Peat” by former Landhaus Fellow Nye Merrill-Glover.
seeingthewoods.org/2024/11/0…
#rccpublications #seeingthewoods #envhum #peatlands #wetlands
Another exciting fieldtrip to Tudusoo and Laukasoo bogs, restored by @LIFEprogramme Mires of Estonia in 2015-2021. Very interesting excursions and lectures by @ELFond to learn about the complex design, long-term monitoring, and public understanding of peat restoration projects!
Delighted to announce the launch of our shiny new project website: peatscapes.com/
A one-stop shop for everything 'Peatscapes' – including further info on our excellent team (@GeogBristol & @GeogBham), insights from fieldwork, and links to conference papers and outputs!
Special thanks to @AMerrillGlover for his hard work bringing this site to fruition, not to mention the impressive design wizardry 🧙♂️🪄🙏
The intense week of #SERE2024 in Estonia ended with a practical crash course by @WetlandsInt about lagg/transition zone restoration in bogs. What a great way to learn about different methods & data through group work, and study the outcomes of restoration work in Tudusoo mires!
This week, @roosarytkonen is attending #SERE2024 with lots of exciting panels and fieldtrips to peatland restoration projects in Estonia. Including here Kuresoo and #Lavassaare - one of our @peatscapes case study sites. Many thanks to @SER_Europe for such an amazing programme!
Amazing trip to Ess-soo bog, Estonia. A unique case of local opposition to peat mining, eventually leading to research, nature protection & large-scale restoration. Now a @REWET_HE "open lab" for restoration monitoring. Thanks to the State Forest Management Centre for hosting us!
Delighted to be able to share some work in progress today at @STSeasst #EASST4S2024! @AMerrillGlover here delivering our paper "Reduce, Remove, Avoid: The Reordering of Peat Restoration for Climate Mitigation", as part of a great session on the Politics of Carbon Sinks
Wonderful to contribute our paper "Counting on Peatlands: contingencies of carbon accounting in peatland restoration" at #POLLEN24! @roosarytkonen calls attention to the complex temporalities of peat restoration, speaking in a panel on carbon removal, net zero and climate delay!
Great to get out in the field in Somerset late last week with Bristol colleagues, getting to grips with the use of static chambers to gather peatland GHG emissions data
Wonderful to take part in two recent 'study tours' of peatland restoration sites in the East Anglian Fens and Somerset Levels. Many thanks to @wildlifebcn, @somersetwt and our other generous hosts for sharing your #peat #restoration insights with the @peatscapes team!
Delighted to share our plans for the @peatscapes project at the @IUCNpeat 'Beyond Restoration' conference in Ely.
Thanks to the conference organisers & all participants for a stimulating discussion about the social complexities of #restoration for CO2 storage
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A huge thank you to Kate Carver and Alison Chaves @wildlifebcn for hosting a @peatscapes visit to Woodwalton Fen & Engine Farm last week. Great to learn about the @greatfen vision, the 'Peatland Progress' project, and visit paludiculture trials with typha, sphagnum moss and more!
We are grateful for a fantastic tour by the @WaterLANDS_EU @ELFond team to the #Lavassaare peat-mining region: one of our @Peatscapes case study sites in #Estonia. Such an intense day of learning about #peatland #restoration challenges at former mine fields. Thank you, everyone!
ALT Roosa and Kärg at the Lavassaare peat mine
ALT Walking over the former mine fields planned for restoration
ALT Revegetation at former mine fields following a fire
ALT Team at the Eddy tower for measuring emissions
We are thrilled to welcome Roosa Rytkönen (@roosarytkonen) & Nye Merrill-Glover (@AMerrillGlover) to the @peatscapes project team!
Roosa and Nye will be studying knowledge controversies around European peat restoration, focusing on sites in Estonia & the UK.
Bring on the bogs!
ALT The @peatscapes Project Team – Roosa Rytkönen, Kärg Kama, Aneurin Merrill-Glover, and James Palmer
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⏳ Just a few days left - apply by the end of this week!
2 x 3-year #postdoc opportunities with @Peatscapes. Suitable for social science #ECR in Geography, Anthropology, STS & related fields. Please feel free to contact @JamesR_Palmer or myself with any questions! #academicjobs
We are excited to announce that both 3-year postdoc opportunities to join @peatscapes are now open for applications!
For ECRs interested in interdisciplinary approaches to natural climate solutions, ecological restoration and/or resource-making. Please consider BOTH roles ⬇️⬇️
