Peatland Perspectives restoring for tomorrow

Healthy peatlands are crucial to counteract the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss. However, they are under great pressure all over the world. Their numbers and condition are declining sharply. The international symposium Peatland Perspectives - restoring for tomorrow will address the greatest challenges and opportunities for European peatland conservation and restoration for public bodies, policymakers, specialists and managers.

Datum: 08 t/m 10 oktober 2025
Tijdstip: 9.00 tot 17.00 uur
Gebouw: Provincial Government Building, Luttenbergstraat 2 in Zwolle
Locatie: Invitation only

Peatland Perspectives in Dutch

The symposium programme is currently under development. New information is added every week. Please keep a close eye on this website!

Wednesday 8 October 2025

Peatland Perspectives: Urgency and inspiration

landschap met bomen en water op het Wierdense veld

Thursday 9 October 2025

Peatland Perspectives: Deep dive and tools

Friday 10 October 2025

Peatland Perspectives: Field visits

heide planten en andere planten in natuurgebied Aamsveen

International experts from public bodies, scientific disciplines and nature conservation will give presentations and lead workshops at Peatlands Perspectives - restoring for tomorrow. Participants will gain great inspiration and the latest information, knowledge, insights and tools that can be put to immediate use.

Peatlands in Europe

Europe is the world’s second largest emitter of greenhouse gases from degraded peatlands. Approximately 7% of total European greenhouse gas emissions originate from drained raised bogs repurposed for agriculture or forestry. Less than 10% of the original raised bogs in Western and Central Europe remain – the rest have been excavated and cultivated.

More information on PeatlandsVerwijst naar een andere website

Travel & accommodation

The in-house programme of Peatland Perspectives - restoring for tomorrow will take place in the administrative centre of the Overijssel provincial government building at Luttenbergstraat 2 in Zwolle.

From Zwolle train station, the following buses will take you to the provincial government building:

RRReis line 40 (to Meppel via the hospital). Stop: Park de Wezenlanden
RRReis line 3 (to Hessenpoort via Berkum). Stop: Provinciehuis
RRReis line 301 (to Dedemsvaart via hospital). Stop: Park de Wezenlanden

Check https://9292.nl/enVerwijst naar een andere website for current information and departure times.

Unfortunately, you cannot use the car park directly in front of the provincial government building. Parking is available at the nearby Turfmarkt. There is a ticket machine where you can pre-pay with a debit card. Bicycle parking is available in the car park of the provincial government.

Check your route on Google mapsVerwijst naar een andere website

Organisers

Peatland perspectives - restoring for tomorrow is organised by four LIFE projects for peatland conservation and restoration in the north eastern Netherlands and in the Münster region of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The combination of these projects forms BOG4LIFE, a collaboration and knowledge platform for bundling and sharing insights, experience and methods.

The four projects are:

LIFE Multi-PeatVerwijst naar een andere website
Partners: Natuurmonumenten, provincie Overijssel, NABU, Natuurpunt, Klub Przyrodników, OTOP bird life Polski, University of Galway
Area: Witte Veen | Overijssel (NL)
Peat Pals for LIFEVerwijst naar een andere website
Partners: Natuurmonumenten, provincie fryslân, provincie Drenthe, Wageningen University & Research, Natuurpunt, Eurosite, Vlaanderen is natuur
Area: Fochteloërveen | Friesland, Drenthe (NL)
AddMire LIFE
Partners: Staatsbosbeheer, provincie Overijssel
Area: Engbertsdijksvenen | Overijssel (NL)
LIFE CrossBorderBogVerwijst naar een andere website
Partners: Biologische Station Zwillbrock, Landschap Overijssel, provincie Overijssel, Stiftung Natur und Landschaft Westmünsterland, Ministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Verkehr des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Areas: Aamsveen-Hündfelder Moor | Overijssel, Noordrijn –Westfalen (D)

Contact

If you have any questions, suggestions or requests relating to Peatland perspectives - restoring for tomorrow please email info@peatlandperspectives.nlVerwijst naar een andere website, or call the symposium coordinator Gert-Jan Hoeve via the Overijssel counter: +31 38 499 88 99.

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