EFLN: Preserving and restoring peatlands – insights from Scotland and the Congo Basin with speakers:Dr Nicholle Bell, Senior Lecturer, School of Chemistry, UoENicholle did her PhD in Chemistry, UoE, unravelling the complex chemistry of soil organic matter before starting her academic career exploring how advanced analytical tools can be used to fingerprint the molecules and microbes in peat. Her team uses these fingerprints to understand why peatlands are such good carbon stores and track whether restoration measures can bring damaged bogs back to good health. Nicholle's team examines peat bogs mainly across the UK, including the new UoE's Forest and Peatland programme sites.Stuart Burbidge, Partner, Natural Capital & Sustainable InvestmentStuart is an experienced project manager, specialising in landscape scale peatland restoration initiatives. With over a decade of involvement in the management, research and ecology of upland ecosystems, he leads the Bidwells Natural Capital team in Scotland. He is an active member of the Nature Scot Technical Advice Working Group and collaborates closely with the Peatland Code developer group, focusing on the detail of practical restoration delivery at scale. He has also given technical feedback to the Scottish Government via RESAS, as well as numerous other research groups.Dr Greta Dargie, Research Fellow, University of LeedsGreta's research has focused on the peatlands of the central Congo Basin since her PhD, where she produced the first map and carbon stock estimation for these peatlands. She is now a research fellow at the University of Leeds, where she works on the CongoPeat project, which aims to understand how the central Congo Basin peatlands developed, how they function present day and how they will respond under different land use and climate change scenarios. Sign up here Mar 05 2025 16.00 - 18.00 EFLN: Preserving and restoring peatlands – insights from Scotland and the Congo Basin Three presentations delivering insights on preserving and restoring peatlands in Scotland and the Congo Basin. Conference Room, ECCI ECCI
EFLN: Preserving and restoring peatlands – insights from Scotland and the Congo Basin with speakers:Dr Nicholle Bell, Senior Lecturer, School of Chemistry, UoENicholle did her PhD in Chemistry, UoE, unravelling the complex chemistry of soil organic matter before starting her academic career exploring how advanced analytical tools can be used to fingerprint the molecules and microbes in peat. Her team uses these fingerprints to understand why peatlands are such good carbon stores and track whether restoration measures can bring damaged bogs back to good health. Nicholle's team examines peat bogs mainly across the UK, including the new UoE's Forest and Peatland programme sites.Stuart Burbidge, Partner, Natural Capital & Sustainable InvestmentStuart is an experienced project manager, specialising in landscape scale peatland restoration initiatives. With over a decade of involvement in the management, research and ecology of upland ecosystems, he leads the Bidwells Natural Capital team in Scotland. He is an active member of the Nature Scot Technical Advice Working Group and collaborates closely with the Peatland Code developer group, focusing on the detail of practical restoration delivery at scale. He has also given technical feedback to the Scottish Government via RESAS, as well as numerous other research groups.Dr Greta Dargie, Research Fellow, University of LeedsGreta's research has focused on the peatlands of the central Congo Basin since her PhD, where she produced the first map and carbon stock estimation for these peatlands. She is now a research fellow at the University of Leeds, where she works on the CongoPeat project, which aims to understand how the central Congo Basin peatlands developed, how they function present day and how they will respond under different land use and climate change scenarios. Sign up here Mar 05 2025 16.00 - 18.00 EFLN: Preserving and restoring peatlands – insights from Scotland and the Congo Basin Three presentations delivering insights on preserving and restoring peatlands in Scotland and the Congo Basin. Conference Room, ECCI ECCI
Mar 05 2025 16.00 - 18.00 EFLN: Preserving and restoring peatlands – insights from Scotland and the Congo Basin Three presentations delivering insights on preserving and restoring peatlands in Scotland and the Congo Basin.
