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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · 12d

A wonderful time was had last month welcoming volunteers from @deloitteinsights.bsky.social to plant Sphagnum moss on BnM bogs as part of P&P and PalusDemos.

Some photos below, or check out our blog here ➡️ peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/sphagnu...

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Sep 18

🌱 🎨 In our new #PeatlandsandArt feature, we travel across the world to faraway Siberia - a place covered in permafrost. This is where the #SoilART project originates, inspired by the surprising, often breathtaking beauty of soil shaped by permafrost: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/peatlan...

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Sep 4

🌿 For our Peatlands & Art series, we interviewed feltmaker Sharon Wells from Kerry, who takes her inspiration from the Irish natural landscape and scenery, with its vibrant colours of mountains, boglands, and the sea. Read the interview here: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/peatlan...

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Aug 26

🌱 In celebration of #NationalHeritageWeek, the
@peatlandslife.bsky.social project hosted a guided ecology and heritage walk on the Ballyforan Bog, on Saturday (23rd August), attended by more than 20 people despite rainy conditions. ☔ peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/p-and-p...

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Aug 14

🌱 💧 Peatlands play a key role in water resource management. Continuing our #PeatlandLiteracy campaign, today we are spotlighting the role of peatlands for water quality! 🔗 Learn more about @epaireland.bsky.social funded #WETPEAT project: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/updates...

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Aug 12

🌱 🙌 Just 10 more days to go! Join @peatlandslife.bsky.social for a guided ecology and heritage walk to celebrate #NationalHeritageWeek on the Ballyforan Bog on Saturday, the 23rd of August 2025. www.eventbrite.ie/e/1472493681...

LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Aug 7

🤝🌍Today, we're spotlighting how peatlands can help fight climate change in continuation of our #PeatlandLiteracy campaign for #InternationalBogDay! 🔗 More information on the @epaireland.bsky.social #CO2PEAT project here: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/updates...

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Jul 31

🤝🌱In collaboration with #LeaveNoTrace Ireland, Peatlands and People offers corporate days that bring employees outdoors for hands-on environmental action, including #Sphagnum planting on #BnM sites! Learn more about the #ESG Impact Days & how to get involved: peatlandsandpeople.ie/get-involved...

LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Jul 29

🌍💧#InternationalBogDay 2025 was celebrated on Sunday! To keep the momentum going, we're launching a #PeatlandLiteracy campaign—sharing powerful facts about how peatlands help fight climate change, protect water quality & support biodiversity. peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/world-p...

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Jul 22

🙌Don't miss our guided ecology and heritage walk to celebrate #NationalHeritageWeek on the Ballyforan Bog on Saturday, the 23rd of August 2025. 📅 23 August 2025, 11:00 - 14:00 📍 Ballyforan Bog, Co. Roscommon 🚶‍➡️Ballyforan Greenway Car park at 11 am

www.eventbrite.ie/e/guided-eco...

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Jul 15

🌱🙌To celebrate #NationalHeritageWeek, we are hosting a guided ecology and heritage walk on the Ballyforan Bog on Saturday, 23rd of August 2025.
📅 23.08.2025, 11:00 - 14:00
📍 Ballyforan Bog, Co. Roscommon
Register here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/guided-eco...

Guided Ecology & Heritage Walk at Ballyforan Bog for National Heritage Week

Join BnM Ecologists for a guided walk around the Ballyforan bog to hear about the bog's history and recent bog restoration measures!

www.eventbrite.ie

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Jul 11

🌱 On Wednesday, Peatlands and People held its annual #EPAIreland researcher meeting! The meeting brought together scientists from several #EPA projects, which inform the implementation, impacts and monitoring of the project. Key insights here: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/event-r...

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Jul 4

📢In celebration of the upcoming #InternationalBogDay, #Tóchar Wetlands Restoration is organising a special event with five panel speakers at the "Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again Exhibition" @nlireland.bsky.social on 26th July 2025. More info here: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...

Bogland: Between the Sights of the Sun

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Jun 9

📢 🙌 Aligning with #EUGreenWeek we are organising a targeted event to celebrate the #restoration and rehabilitation work of the project tomorrow (10 June 2025) at the #BnM visitor centre in Boora, Offaly! More info: green-week.event.europa.eu/partner-even...

LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Jun 3

🌱 In celebration of #WorldPeatlandsDay 2025, we are highlighting some recent updates, results and upcoming plans of the BnM #Sphagnum Planting Campaign to restore former industrial peat extraction sites! Read here: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/world-p...

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · May 28

Our Steering Committee had a great day out in the field yesterday, planting #sphagnum moss plugs on the Kilaranny bog for the #BnM peatland revegetation campaign. It was linked to a meeting in BnM's Boora Office providing the steering committee with key updates: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/peatlan...

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · May 21

🌿 For our latest #Peatlands & #Art article, we interviewed photographer Shane Hynan. His work from the series ‘Beneath | Beofhód’ is currently exhibited in #EskerArts as part of the #BogSkin Exhibition. Read the interview: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/peatlan...

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · May 13

📅 📢 #AccelerateGreen 2025 is taking place this Thursday, 15th May 2025! The conference organised by #BnM and Resolve Partners will explore topics such as #Energy and #Policy post COP29 & Ireland’s new government and position on Climate Action. Register: accelerategreen.ie/accelerate-g...

LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · May 8

🌱 A major exhibition titled #BogSkin, which examines the relationship of Irish art to the boglands over the past 50 years, is coming to the Croghan Gallery at #EskerArts in Tullamore, Offaly this Summer.
📅 Official opening: Saturday, May 10th 3 p.m: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/peatlan...

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Apr 9

📢 Exciting update! The @epaireland.bsky.social funded #CO2PEAT project introduces its ‘miniRECgap’ R-Package research!📉Designed for simple gap-filling of missing Eddy covariance #CO2 flux measurements: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/excitin...

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Apr 3

🌱 🙌 Our project updates continue! The #CO2PEAT project, funded by @epaireland.bsky.social, is dedicated to improving methodologies for reporting and verifying terrestrial #CO₂ removals and emissions from Irish peatlands. Find the most recent updates here: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/updates...

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Mar 28

📢 Some exciting updates from @epaireland.bsky.social funded #ASPEN project using initial outputs to quantify how much #nitrogen leaves the ecosystem in the form of N2O. In collab with researchers from @teagasc.bsky.social , @tcddublin.bsky.social , #BnM & #NWPS: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/updates...

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Mar 24

💧 🌱 In honour of #WorldWaterDay 2025 (Saturday, 22nd March), we have highlighted some key roles peatlands play in maintaining water quality! peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/world-w...

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LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Mar 20

🙌 🌱 New updates from the #Ch4Peat project funded by @epaireland.bsky.social! The project concluded its CH4 field monitoring in October 2024, and has since progressed with some exciting activities: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/updates...

LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandslife.bsky.social · Mar 5

📢 Some exciting updates from the @epaireland.bsky.social funded WET-PEAT project, supporting Bord Na Mona restoration across 33,000 hectares of pearlands! Researchers from @uniofgalway.bsky.social & @tcddublin.bsky.social are working hard across 5 study sites: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/updates...

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