About IMCG
The International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG) is an international network of specialists who
- internationally promote, encourage and, where appropriate, co-ordinate the conservation of mires and related ecosystems; and
- internationally enhance the exchange of information and experience relating to mires and factors affecting them.
The network encompasses a wide spectrum of expertise and interests, from research scientists to consultants, government agency specialists to peatland site managers. The network currently has over 550 contacts in almost 60 countries.
The International Mire Conservation Group was established 1984, in Klagenfürt, Austria, to promote the conservation of mires and their complete range of natural diversity throughout the world. Its organisational structure was formalized in 2000 by adopting a constitution and electing a Main Board and an Executive Commitee. On July 7th 2001 the IMCG was officially registered in France as an association under the law of 1901.
The International Mire Conservation Group hosted in 2018 its 18th International Field Symposium in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The IMCG General Assembly adopted resolutions on the mires of Poland, on drained peatlands, for Olmany mire in belarus and on the OBN network.
Newsletter
The IMCG Bulletin is published monthly and informs about recent developments in mire and peatland conservation and restoration. The Bulletin has in 2013 succeeded the IMCG Newsletter , which was published 3-4 per year but since appears irregularly to cover strategic topics more extensively than the Bulletin can do. If you are interested in contributing an article to Bulletin or Newsletter, contact the IMCG secretariat (info(at)imcg(dot)net).
News
Power to the peatlands (12:49 PM, 12/10/2022)
From 19 to 21 September 2023, the conference Power to the Peatlands will take place in in Antwerpen, Belgium. The confernce is coorganized by IMCG.EHF published a factsheet on Peatlands in the European Restoration Law proposal (7:04 PM, 11/27/2022)
EHF published a factsheet on Peatlands in the European Restoration Law proposal
Recommendations on how to extinguish peat fires in drained peatlands: the Russian experience (6:40 PM, 11/27/2022)
Greenpeace Russia published Recommendations on how to extinguish peat fires in drained peatlands. Download them here .Open letter on Peatlands in the EU Restoration Law (8:26 PM, 06/08/2022)
Joint letter of a broad coalition of conservationists, scientists and farmers caring for wetlands and peatlands across the EU sent on 09.06.2022 to the EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The signatories urge the EU Commission to no further delay the publication date of 22 June for the planned legislative proposals, and to keep ambition with regard to the restoration and protection of peatlands.
Download the resolution to the European Union here
IMCG Bulletin January to February 2022 is online (10:17 AM, 03/20/2022)
The IMCG Bulletin January to February 2022 is online.