PEAT NEWS
10/2013
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Second Flow Country Research Conference
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The 2 Flow Country Research Conference will be held as IPS cooperation event in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland on
4 - 6 March 2014. In order to facilitate the linkages between the researchers and the different stakeholders involved in
peatland restoration in the Flow Country and to set research priorities, a first Flow Country Research Conference was
organised and hosted by the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) in Thurso in October 2012. During the event, a
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