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9/2013
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The Finnish Peatland Society visiting coastal peatlands around Kokkola
Impressions from Sheffield's "War and Peat" conference
Neros Project: Network monitoring rewetted/restored organic soils for climate and biodiversity benefits
Peat dikes and strength parameters – unexpected results
Renewability and classification of peat - a status report
Peat pits - post excavation burdensome residue or valuable ecosystem?
Horizontal FFS bagging machine from Premier Tech Chronos
5 Questions and Answers: Daasons SA from Argentina
Seamus Heaney: Death of a Naturalist
Upcoming peat and peatland events
News from the industry
For more information on Peatlands International, please see www.peatsociety.org/publications/peatlandsinternational. Deadline for submissions to the December issue (articles and advertisements) is 1 November 2013.
Please send your articles and advertisements (max. 1-3 pages, if possible proofread) with separate illustrations (jpg,
pdf), as soon as possible to susann.warnecke (at) peatsociety.org.
Reorganised Staff at the IPS Secretariat
As of 1 October 2013, the position of Acting IPS Secretary General is held by Communications Manager Ms Susann
Warnecke, Diplom-Kauffrau (FH) until a new Secretary General is recruited. She is supported by part time Office
Assistant Sandra Lubinaite, B.Sc. (Economics) from October to December 2013. This change was approved by the IPS
Executive Board after former Secretary General Jaakko Silpola retired from his position to work for another
organisation at the end of September. You can contact the IPS Secretariat from Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 16:00
hrs Finnish time at +358 40 418 4075 or by email susann.warnecke (at) peatsociety.org and sandra.lubinaite (at)
peatsociety.org. The postal address remains Kauppakatu 19 D 31, 40100 Jyväskylä, Finland. All contact details of the
IPS staff can also be found at www.peatsociety.org/about-us/secretariat.
Get your own IPS gear!
The IPS Crew T-shirts at the Stockholm Congress have been very popular also among “just listening” participants. We
are therefore now offering a range of IPS shirts and accessories at our new spreadshirt store. Please visit
www.peatsociety.spreadshirt.fi and order your own logo-equipped t-shirt, windbreaker, backpack or thermos – and
help promoting our Society at events and excursions. There are even “peaty!” shirts for children and a woollen hat for
those cool days out in the field. We will add some products within the coming weeks, keep looking out for more. For
each product € 1 will be used to support IPS’ activities for peat and peatlands. Local currencies and mailing options are
available in the upper left corner of the shop. Remember also that you can order IPS proceedings, magazines and
other printed publications at www.peatsociety.org/shop.
German Peat Day 2013 Growing in Attendance
The German Garden Industry Association (IVG) is expecting more than 200 participants to its annual Peat and Humus
Day in Bad Zwischenahn on 24 October 2013. The event will deal with current trends and backgrounds of the industry,
nationally and internationally. The programme includes reviews of the eco-approach of the local population, green
trade and business leadership in general; sustainability initiatives and challenges in Canada (Paul Short) and the
European certification scheme “Responsibly Produced Peat” (Stefaan Vandaele). In addition, coir products are
introduced as important additives to growing media, and there is special on changing packaging over time. Finally, the
website www.warum-torf.info and the mire and fen museum Elisabethfehn are introducing their concepts and recent
developments. For more information and to sign up, see www.ivg.org/ivg_de/ivg_veranstaltungen/ivg_dtht_2013/.
News from the UK Peat Society
At the recent IPS co-sponsored conference on 'War and Peat' held in Sheffield on 4 - 6 September 2013 the annual
members meeting of the UK Peat Society, UK National Committee of IPS, was also held. Although the number of
members attending was relatively small a much larger number was aware of it and supported the agenda. The
International Peat Society
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