Social ecological peatland research webinar (Southeast Asia and Europe)
Organized by the James Hutton Institute
Social ecological peatland research – shared endeavours across Southeast Asia and Europe
Come listen to and discuss social, ecological, economic and policy research on Southeast Asian and European peatlands at an online webinar.
7 June 2024, 09:00-11:00 BST — registration closes 6 June 2024
Talks
What is the role of social networks in contributing to tropical peatland reforestation outcomes in Southeast Asia?
Dr Stuart Smith, Ecological Sciences Department, The James Hutton Institute, UK, an applied plant ecologist with expertise in temperate and tropical peatland revegetation and reforestation.
Mapping socio-ecological vulnerability of tropical peat landscape fires
Assistant Professor Janice Ser Huay Lee, Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, works in the areas of Conservation Biology, Land Use Change and Agriculture with extensive research expertise on Southeast Asian land systems and their socio-ecological changes.
What are the impacts of tropical peatland revegetation on biodiversity?
Dr Mark Harrison, University of Exeter, UK, and director of research at the Borneo Nature Foundation, UK, is a tropical forest and peatland ecosystem ecologist driven to understand the complex ecological and social issues in tropical peatlands, to conserve them and develop heathier relationships with a healthier environment.
Northern peatlands in transition – land use, status, policies and future trajectories – Comparisons between Finland, Ireland and Scotland
Dr Maija Lampela, Geological Survey of Finland, Finland, a peatland scientist and forester with research experience in peatland ecology and restoration spanning over a decade, especially in Indonesian and Finnish peatlands.
Costs and benefits of peat management
Dr. Michaela Roberts, Social, Economic and Geographic Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, UK, is an environmental economist with a background in ecology, interested in environmental conservation, particularly how to integrate this into multi-use landscapes with varied stakeholders, including in peatlands.
Wetlands contain about 12% of the global carbon pool, highest in peatlands. Read more about these fascinating ecosystems in chapter 4.2.3.3 on the degradation of peatlands in the IPBES Land degradation and restoration assessment report, and in chapter 4.2.3.7 on future impacts on peatlands in the Global assessment report.
About the James Hutton Institute
We are a world-leading independent scientific research organisation based in Scotland but working in collaboration across the globe. [...] Our research is unique in that it is tested in labs and also at landscape scale on our farms, combines the natural and socio-economic sciences and considers the connections between crops, resources and people.
This event is supported by Royal Society of Edinburgh Scotland Asia Partnerships Higher Education Research (SAPHIRE) Fund.
Photo by Martin Koitmäe on Wikimedia Commons: noctilucent clouds, Kuresoo bog, Soomaa National Park, Estonia. Soomaa National Park features the largest intact peat bog system in Europe preserved as wilderness.