🌱Landscape Finance Lab have developed a Biodiversity Credit QuickScan Tool to help restoration projects improve their understanding of biodiversity credits and assess the viability of biodiversity credits as a financing option for their projects. waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

Through WaterLANDS upscaling, our partner LIFE IP Wild Atlantic Nature is demonstrating how Ireland's ACRES Cooperation Project (ACRES CP) can support large-scale peatland restoration on privately owned land and create local employment opportunities. 🔗 waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

Read our summary of the work presented by the WaterLANDS artists in residence at the exhibition, ‘Unbounded within – Symbiotic Subjectivities’, in Pärnu, Estonia. 🔗https://waterlands.eu/news-and-events/waterlands-artists-take-part-in-exhibition-in-estonia-on-the-interconnectedness-of-life/

Thank you to James Cosier for sharing his reflections from his recent trip to the Store Mosse National Park, as well as other restoration initiatives, reflecting on the nuances, challenges, and successes of engaging communities and wetland restoration. 🔗 waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

🌿Continuing our Peatlands & Art series, we spoke with artist Juliet Klottrup on her work documenting peatland restoration on Denton Moor with the Yorkshire Peat Partnership. 🔗Read the full article on our website here: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/peatlan... 📸Images: Copyright Juliet Klottrup

🌿It is World Peatland Day - a moment to celebrate one of the planet’s most powerful yet overlooked ecosystems. 🔗To mark World Peatland Day, we’re reflecting on our recent General Assembly in Estonia: waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

Happy #WorldPeatlandsDay! 🌱Peatlands are critical for people, climate and nature. 🌱 In celebration of these valuable ecosystems, we have created an infographic which explains the different peatland habitats found throughout Ireland!

🌿A new exhibition "Between Land and Water – Our Sizzling Relationship with Mires", co-curated by partners from WaterLANDS, explores the diverse value of wetlands and bogs both in Estonia and across the globe. 🔗 You can read more about the exhibition on our website: waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

🌿 Happy International Day for Biological Diversity! Peatlands are home to a high proportion of Ireland’s biodiversity. 🌿We are shining a light on our beloved Sphagnum Moss, the critical bog builder! 🌿At P&P, we have been planting Sphagnum across re-wetted cutaway bog formerly used for extraction.

🌿 WaterLANDS artist-in-residence at our Italian Action Site, Claudio Beorchia, has been busy furthering his artistic and engagement projects. 🔗You can read the full updates on "the Barena Game" and the “Lagoon of the Cippi" on our website: waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

NEW PUBLICATION! 🌿In an analysis of the UK's Green Finance Strategy, the authors show that the strategies overwhelmingly frame risks in terms of impacts on markets and investors rather than on our relationship with nature. waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

🎉 The Giants of the Lagoon programme is now in it's fourth edition! Run by We are here Venice, the educational programme welcomed fifteen classes of students, aged between 10 and 12, to explore Venice Lagoon. 🔗Read more about the field excursions here: waterlands.eu/news-and-eve... 📸Eleonora Sovrani

🌿 Today is World Curlew Day! Sadly, there has been a 98% decline in breeding pairs in Ireland since the 80s, due to habitat loss and fragmentation, highlighting the urgent need for increased peatland restoration and education. 🔊 Listen here to their iconic call: lnkd.in/d6YphsDd #peatlandrestoration

One of the highlights of the policy event in Brussels co-organised with #SpongeWorks, #SpongeScapes, and @waterlandsh2020.bsky.social, was bringing forward the voices of practitioners. Experiences, challenges, solutions and key policy messages are summarised in this video: youtu.be/8AbxtirFuXk?...

🌊 Last month, WaterLANDS contributed to a policy event in Brussels on water resilience, alongside fellow restoration projects, coinciding with the final meeting of @merlin-project.bsky.social 🔗Read more on the event here: waterlands.eu/news-and-eve... #NatureRestoration #WaterResilience #wetlands

🌱In celebration of #WorldWetlandsDay WaterLANDS partners from our Bulgarian Action Site, the BALKANI Wildlife Society and WWF Bulgaria, hosted a presentation and a winter walk through Dragoman Marsh. 🔗Read more here: waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

🌱In celebration of #WorldWetlandsDay WaterLANDS partners @elfond.bsky.social & University of Tartu from our Estonian Action Site hosted a Wetlands Day Conference in Pärnu with the Estonian Academy of Sciences. 🔗https://waterlands.eu/news-and-events/world-wetlands-day-2026-celebrations-in-paernu/

🌿🙌 Following a successful first edition in 2023, the Power to the Peatlands Conference returns for its second European conference, this time in ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, from 2–4 September 2026. Registration is now open: sites.google.com/view/power2p...

🙌 🌿 We're excited to launch our 4th #WaterLANDS Artist-In-Residence Spotlight, perfectly timed to continue this year's #WorldWetlandsDay celebrations! Meet Maria Nalbantova, artist-in-residence at the Dragoman Marsh - WaterLANDS Action Site in Bulgaria: waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

📢 In celebration of #WorldWetlandsDay this year, @waterlandsh2020.bsky.social partners from our Italian Action Site are hosting a guided walk around the salt marshes of Venice Lagoon on Sunday 1st of February 2026. For more information and to register, please contact <[email protected]>.

🌱📢 We just published the third feature of our new #WaterLANDS artist-in-residence spotlight. This week, we spoke with @lauraharrington.bsky.social and @feralpractice.bsky.social working at our UK Action Site, the Great North Bog. 🔗 Read the full article here: waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

🌿 📢 The #WaterLANDS project was featured in the latest @ec.europa.eu #CORDIS article "Preparing for the future of Europe's peatlands", highlighting insights from a recent study published by Wageningen University on shifting climate boundaries for European peatlands: cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4...

🌍 The EU is entering a decisive phase in implementing the #NRR. The 4 EU-funded projects @merlin-project.bsky.social #SpongeScapes #spongeworks & WaterLANDS will come together in Brussels on 🗓️10 March to explore what comes next for restoration policy & practice: project-merlin.eu/brussels2026...

🌿The "snake" is an impressive #landscapeart project by #WaterLANDS artist in residence Elo Liiv, which represents a symbol that is characteristic of the local area surrounding the abandoned Kõrsa peat extraction fields in Estonia: waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

Season's Greetings from all of the WaterLANDS Team!☃️ Last week we published a newsletter of highlights from across the year. 🔗Read the full newsletter issue here: lnkd.in/dmQbzBUa We are looking forward to a restful break before we enter the fifth and final year of the project!

📢🔎 New publication for #WaterLANDS conducted by @w-u-r.bsky.social found that climate change will massively impact European #peatland functioning except for the most cool and wet parts of northern Scandinavia, Ireland, Scotland, and at higher elevational ranges of the continent.

🎄🥳 Right in time for the #WaterLANDS project's fourth birthday, we've just released our fourth annual e-newsletter! Read the full newsletter issue here to find out what our partners have been up to: mailchi.mp/6cc9a13e4849...

💙 📢 Welcome to the second feature of our #WaterLANDS artist-in-residence spotlight! This week, we talked to interdisciplinary artist Claudio Beorchia, who grew up only an hour from the Venice Lagoon. Read his insights here: waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

🌿🙌Our #WaterLANDS Irish Action Site was visited by the national TV & radio broadcaster @news.rte.ie and featured in RTE's latest article today! 📽️Tune into #RTE Six-One news tonight for more insights on the visit and restoration activities carried out at Bencroy Mountain: www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

📢 🌍 #COP30 is just around the corner! On 17 November 2025, several #WaterLANDS partners are co-organising an official side event in Brazil on the "Peatland Breakthrough- A Global Call to Unlock the Power of Peatlands"! waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

🎬 🥳 It's fantastic to see #WaterLANDS being featured in the latest RTE 2 "The Future of Nature" Episode, which streamed on Sunday, 2nd November 2025! 🌿 From 35 minutes onwards, Dr Guaduneth Chico guides us along the Irish Action Site! 🔗 Stream the episode for free here: www.rte.ie/player/serie...

🙌 📢 The WaterLANDS project was featured as a success story by the @ec.europa.eu Green Deal Projects Support Office (#GDSO) for the "Blanket Restoration Toolkit" developed for farmers by the Irish Action Site: 🔗 waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

We're delighted to have worked on this new policy brief on 'Stakeholder engagement for the development and implementation of National Restoration Plans', together with our sister projects @merlin-project.bsky.social, #RESTCOAST and #SUPERB project! 🔗 Download: project-merlin.eu/files/merlin...

💙 📢 Welcome to our WaterLANDS artist-in-residence spotlight! With this campaign, we aim to shed light on the important work of the #WaterLANDS artists across the different Action Sites! This week, we spoke to installation-based artist Christine Mackey waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

🌿 🙌 New publication from the WaterLANDS partners at @unitartupress.bsky.social! The publication was published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology and assesses the carbon cycle at the #WaterLANDS Estonian Action Site Lavassaare 👉 waterlands.eu/results-and-...

🙌 🌿 Yesterday, a group of #WaterLANDS partners from @ucddublin.bsky.social and @erinninnovation.bsky.social visited Christine Mackey, artist-in-residence at the Irish Action Site at the Bencroy blanket bog in Leitrim. 👉 Read more about the field trip here: waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

🎙️ 🌾 Meet the #WaterLANDS team! Today, we sat down with Nelly Ivanova, who works at our Bulgarian Action Site - the Dragoman Marsh. Read her insights into the Action Sites restoration & public engagement activities here: waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

Last week our Estonian WaterLANDS partners headed to Finland for a Peatland Restoration Workshop, hosted by Uni of Eastern Finland. The visit mixed fieldwork with vital discussions on monitoring, tree decay & restoration plans in Estonia & Finland. 📸 Some highlights below!

📢 🤝 Yesterday, our WaterLANDS partners from @wetlandsint.bsky.social spoke at a panel discussion on “Implementing Restoration Solutions, Together” as part of a Dublin-based co-creation themed event, organised by @erinninnovation.bsky.social. Read the insights here: waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

Exciting news for peatland restoration in Ireland! @peatlandfinanceie.bsky.social, building on and aligning with @waterlandsh2020.bsky.social, just confirmed that #Meta, #Microsoft & #Google are investing over €3 million to restore 450ha of degraded Irish peatlands: waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

🌾 📢 The past year has been a generative period for the @waterlandsh2020.bsky.social artists in residence. To spotlight their ongoing effort and research, we have gathered some updates on their work in the field! 📸Elo Liiv waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

🌍 @waterlandsh2020.bsky.social Policy Lead & Research Scientist Emma Hart introduces us to some good news for #nature and #climate in our latest #blog post! The International Court of Justice (#ICJ) issued one of the strongest legal statements yet on climate change: waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

Last week WaterLANDS partners across 🇮🇪 and 🇪🇺 met to explore our peatlands and boost restoration efforts! ✅ Met farmers to discuss commonages ✅ Discussed cross-border collaboration ✅ Visited blanket bog sites Learn more: waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

🙌The #BogFilmFest event organised by our WaterLANDS UK Team from @yorkshireicasp.bsky.social in collaboration with #GreatNorthBog partners was a great success - with a full house!📽️A total of 4 inspiring films were screened at the Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds. waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

📢 New publication under the H2020 #WaterLANDS project: Best practices in European wetland restoration reviews manuals and guidance across Europe, highlighting gaps in usability, scope, and language accessibility. Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Wetlands #Restoration #EUresearch

As part of the upcoming #IUCNpeat 2025 conference, our Irish Action Site partners are coordinating a site visit to the Bencroy Blanket Bog on behalf of WaterLANDS on Wednesday, 1st October 2025: waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

📢 🙌 In our latest edition of the #WaterLANDS #blog, we spoke to Joshua Cohen, the UK Action Site's Community Engagement Lead, about the upcoming #BogFilmFest they are hosting this July and the purpose and importance of community engagement work! waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

🙌On the last day of May, in time for #WorldPeatlandsDay 2025, the #WaterLANDS Action Site Pärnu Catchment in Estonia celebrated a meaningful milestone in peatland restoration: the opening of the Kõrsa Citizen Science Trail!📸Anna B Erikson. Learn more: waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

📢 🌿 Read the insights from our recent dedicated panel discussion on private sector #investment into nature restoration at the #WaterLANDS General Assembly in Leeds! waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...

📢 🌾 In celebration of #WorldPeatlandsDay 2025, our Irish Action Site partners organised three events with school children, local citizens and farmers in the week of the 2nd June 2025! waterlands.eu/news-and-eve...