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PEATLANDS
International
1/2006
Publisher
International Peat Society
Vapaudenkatu 12
FIN-40100 Jyväskylä, Finland
Phone: +358 14 3385 440
Fax: +358 14 3385 410
E-mail: ips@peatsociety.org
Web: www.peatsociety.org
Editor-in-Chief
Jaakko Silpola, Secretary General
Assistant to the
Editor-in-Chief
Susann Warnecke,
Communications Manager
Editorial Board
Gerry Hood, Canada
Karel B. Brezina, Czech Republic
Juhani Päivänen, Finland
J. D. Becker-Platen, Germany
Donal Clarke, Ireland
Jos Schouwenaars, Netherlands
Tomasz Brandyk, Poland
Lars-Erik Larsson, Sweden
R. Allan Robertson, UK
Thomas J. Malterer, USA
Layout
Susann Warnecke, IPS Secretariat
Saarijärven Offset Oy
Printed by
Saarijärven Offset Oy,
Finland, in June 2006
Cover photo
Calowanie Fen in Poland, an old
peat cutting area overgrown with
sedge-moss vegetation. Photo:
Paulina Dzierza
ISSN 1455-8491
In this issue
Editorial: IPS in drive! ..................................................................4
From the President’s Desk: Climate Change Working Group:
The next big exercise for IPS .........................................................5
A lot of under 300-year-old peat layers in Finland .......................7
International Symposium on Peat in Horticulture .........................8
Wim Tonnis Peat Award 2006 to Hans Joosten and
Donal Clarke .............................................................................. 10
New Faces in IPS Key Functions ................................................... 11
Meetings, Mires, a Museum and more at
the IPS Convention in Hanover .................................................. 12
25 Years Mire Conservation Programme in
Germany’s Lower Saxony ........................................................... 14
Riau Declaration on Peatlands and Climate Change .................... 18
Dutch Government Fights Fires in Kalimantan ............................ 19
Knowledge Transfer Workshop for the Restoration
of Peatlands, Québec .................................................................20
LIFE Co-op: Project for Restoration Management
of Bogs and Dunes .....................................................................22
Wise Use and Restoration of Peatlands in Poland - Invitation
to a five-day excursion in late August .........................................25
In memoriam: Roy L. Ingram and Henry W. Fraser .....................26
Professor Doctor Honoris Causa Tomasz Józef Brandyk ..............27
The nature guide to the Polish Biebrza Marshes ..........................29
Symposium “Mountain and Upland Peatlands” in Poland ...........30
International Meeting on Cloudberry Cultivation
in Baie-Comeau, Québec ............................................................32
New IPS Members .....................................................................34
The Imnati Mire in the Kolkheti Lowland in Georgia .................35
Telma No. 35 .............................................................................39
Premier Tech Systems: Bringing Automation
to the Peat Industry ................................................................... 41
Visit the IPS Online Shop ............................................................42
BOGLAND - A Protocol for Wise Use and
Sustainable Management of Peatlands in Ireland .........................43
Join the International Peat Society ..............................................45
Do you know Peat News? ..........................................................45
Recording the Past: the Power of Peat ........................................46
Future IPS Conferences and Symposia .........................................50
Events of related organisations ...................................................50
Information for Advertisers ........................................................50
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