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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 1,412 individual and institutional members from 42 countries.

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Latest news

  • Interns at the IPS Secretariat
  • David Bellamy IPS Honorary Member
  • Peat News 3/2012 published
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  • Toimitila Jyväskylän keskustassa
  • Government and Expert Review of the 2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC...
  • TA call to INTERACT Boreal Stations open 1-28 February
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Online shop

  • Peatlands International 2/2003
  • Peat in Horticulture - Peat and its Alternatives in Growing Media,...
  • Strategy for Responsible Peatland Management
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  • Peatlands International 1/2012
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Document database

  • Peat News 1/2011
  • Multi-proxy study of anthropogenic disturbance and climate change in...
  • Peat News 12/2011
  • Address of the Chairman of the Organising Committee for the 13th...
  • Peat News 6/2011
  • Studies of terrestiral invertebrate diversity in Irish peatlands
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Open positions

  • Internship IPS Secretariat: International Business Management /...
  • 36-month PostDoc on measurement and modeling of soil carbon stocks...
  • Peatland Restoration Natural Talent Apprenticeship
  • Research Technician - WC1051
  • Communications Officer Wetlands International
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Peatland News

  • More Than a Million Support Petition to Stop Aceh Deforestation - Jakarta Globe
  • For Peat's Sake: expert investigates tropical peatland in Southeast Asia - Loughborough News
  • DEPARTMENT OF ARTS, HERITAGE AND THE GAELTACHT OF : 17/05/13 ... - 4-traders (press release)
  • NGOs say forest moratorium must come with sanctions for violators - Jakarta Post
  • Indonesia: A Logging Ban Is Extended - New York Times
  • Forest moratorium extension proves Indonesia's commitment to forest preservation - Shanghai Daily (subscription)
  • Using certified sustainable palm oil no longer good enough, says WWF - FoodNavigator.com
  • Yorkshire peatland restoration will boost habitats - Farmers Guardian
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Scholar

  • Klein et al 2013: Hydrology-mediated differential response of carbon accumulation to late Holocene climate change at two...
  • Moore et al 2013: Deep instability of deforested tropical peatlands revealed by fluvial organic carbon fluxes
  • Elsgaard 2013: Reductive transformation and inhibitory effect of ethylene under methanogenic conditions in peat-soil
  • Saarinen et al 2013: Impact of peatland forestry on runoff water quality in areas with sulphide-bearing sediments; how t...
  • Guo et al 2013: Degradation and structure change of humic acids corresponding to water decline in Zoige peatland, Qingha...
  • Loisel et al 2013: Quantifying landscape morphology influence on peatland lateral expansion using ground penetrating rad...
  • Ruthsatz 2012: Vegetation and ecology of the high Andean peatlands of Bolivia
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International Peat Society Kauppakatu 19 D 31 40100 Jyväskylä, Finland
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+358 40 418 4075
E-mail:
ips@peatsociety.org

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