PEAT NEWS
Newsletter for members and friends of the International Peat Society
No 6/2014, 27 June 2014
The IPS is an organisation of corporate and individual members dedicated to the responsible management and Wise Use of peatlands and peat. It
promotes the gathering, exchange and communication of knowledge and experience. The Society serves all those interested in peat and peatlands
including the scientific, industrial and commercial, and regulatory communities. It respects the economic, social and environmental values of the
peatland resource. Currently the IPS has more than 1,500 individual and institutional members from 44 countries.
Abstract Submission for our Annual Meetings in Riga
If you have not yet registered for the IPS Annual Meetings and the International Peat Technology Symposium in Riga,
Latvia, 25 - 29 August, it is time to take care of that task before 1 August. Please see www.peat2014.lv for the
programme, to have a look at the IPS Commission seminars and excursions, to register and to book your hotel room.
There is something on offer for all peatland specialists, including restoration & conservation, peat production & use,
education & balneology. The Organising Committee is still welcoming abstracts for oral and poster presentations for
the Peat Technology Symposium. This concerns the following sessions:
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Peatland survey
Planning and construction of peat production areas
Peatland conservation and restoration in practice
Peat harvesting technologies
Social, Environmental and Economical viewpoints in the production and use of Energy Peat
Horticultural peat and its effective use
Horticultural peat: equipment for its processing
Responsible peat production and use
IT Solutions and communication in the peat industry (weather, stock pile measurement, GPS etc)
All abstracts should be submitted in MS Word file format to abstracts (at) peat2014.lv until 1 July 2014, 23:59 Central
European Time. For detailed instructions see www.peat2014.lv/#!for-thesis-applicants/c1kf6. For up to date info and
discussions join also www.facebook.com/events/525128787604553 and remember to invite your friends and
colleagues to attend this special event. See you in Riga!
International Peat Society
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