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31 MARCH CARBOPEAT BEGINS NEW PHASE
The funded period of the Carbopeat project ends today. However,
the website will continue to provide details of events, news
and announcements as well as providing new
leaflets and other materials. Items for inclusion can
be sent to news@carbopeat.org.
27 MARCH NEW LEAFLET AVAILABLE
A new Carbopeat Information Leaflet - Vulnerabilities
of Tropical Peatlands - is now available in
addition to those on Tropical Peatlands & Carbon Storage;
Tropical Peatlands & Carbon Gas Fluxes and Tropical
Peatlands & Biodiversity in SE Asia.
See www.geog.le.ac.uk/carbopeat/infleaflets.html.
26 MARCH LATEST NEWSLETTER AVAILABLE
The latest, and final, version of CARBOPEAT
News (Issue 8, March 2009) is now available from
the website. See www.geog.le.ac.uk/carbopeat/newsletter.html.
11 MARCH FULL VERSION OF YOGYA PROCEEDINGS
NOW AVAILABLE
The full version of the Proceedings of the International Symposium
on Tropical Peatland held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, August 2007
is now available from the Carbopeat website. See www.geog.le.ac.uk/carbopeat/yogyaproc.html.
5 MARCH 2009 EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS ON
11 MARCH
Early registration for the International Peat Society Convention
(seminar and workshop on Peatland Restoration in the British
Isles and Southeast Asia) in Belfast, 24-26 April 2009 ends
on 11 March.
See www.peatsociety.org/index.php?id=241
for more information.
27 FEBRUARY 2009 ITEMS NEEDED FOR CARBOPEAT
NEWSLETTER
Work is now in progress on the latest version of Carbopeat
News. Please submit any articles, announcements or
news items for inclusion by 13th October to news@carbopeat.org.
For further details see www.geog.le.ac.uk/carbopeat/newsletter.html.
26 FEBRUARY 2009 NEW INFORMATION LEAFLET
AVAILABLE
A new Carbopeat Information Leaflet -Tropical
Peatlands & Biodiversity in SE Asia - is
now available in addition to those on Tropical Peatlands
& Carbon Storage and Tropical Peatlands &
Carbon Gas Fluxes.
See www.geog.le.ac.uk/carbopeat/infleaflets.html.
26 FEBRUARY 2009 Tullamore Proceedings Available
for Download
The IPS announce that the Proceedings of the 13th International
Peat Congress (After Wise Use - the Future of Peatlands) held
in Tullamore in June 2008 can now be downloaded (free of charge).
It is hoped that single papers instead of the complete oral,
poster and addendum files will be posted as soon as possible.
See www.peatsociety.org/index.php?id=82.
Tropical peatland session papers and presentations are available
here - www.geog.le.ac.uk/carbopeat/lzone/tullamore.html.
18 FEBRUARY 2009 Registration for IPS Belfast
Convention now open
Registration is now open for the International Peat Society
Convention (seminar and workshop on Peatland Restoration in
the British Isles and Southeast Asia) in Belfast, 24-26 April
2009.
See www.peatsociety.org/index.php?id=241
for more information.
18 FEBRUARY 2009 INDONESIAN PEATLANDS AND
PLANTATION
From The Jakarta Post - Government to allow peatland
plantations. See http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/02/13/govt-allow-peatland-plantations.html.
13 FEBRUARY 2009 DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR
SPRING AGU MEETING
The deadline for the Geochemical and Hydrologic Processes
in Peatland Ecosystems session at the upcoming AGU
meeting in Toronto, Canada (24-27 May 2009) is 4th March 2009.
See www.agu.org/meetings/ja09
for further details.
11 FEBRUARY 2009 CARBOPEAT PROJECT EXTENDED
The European Commission has given approval for the extension
of CARBOPEAT. The project will now officially end on 31st
March 2009 but the website and work will continue beyond this
date.
11 FEBRUARY 2009 LATEST NEWSLETTER AVAILABLE
The latest version of CARBOPEAT
News is now available from the website. See www.geog.le.ac.uk/carbopeat/newsletter.html.
11 FEBRUARY 2009 deadlines approaching
The early registration deadline for the Update on
Carbon in Peatlands II – Prague (25-30 September,
2009) is 30 April, 2009. The abstract deadline for posters
is March 31, 2009.
See www.peatnet.siu.edu/CC09MainPage.html
for further information.
13 JANUARY 2009 PRESENTATIONS NOW AVAILABLE
Copies of most of the presentations made at the International
Symposium and Workshop on Tropical Peatland held in Kuching
in August 2008 are now available on the Carbopeat website.
See www.geog.le.ac.uk/carbopeat/kuchingcontents.html
9 JANUARY 2009 PeatlandS FEATURE ON UK NATIONAL
RADIO
The importance of peatlands has featured on Material World
(a BBC science program), see www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld_20081204.shtml
to listen to the program.
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