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Congratulations Franziska and GMC (6:52 PM, 08/29/2024)
Franziska Tanneberger, main board member of IMCG, receives the Deutscher Umweltpreis 2024 by DBU. Franziska is now being honored for raising awareness that sustainable use of peatlands requires exchange and cooperation between the parties involved. She receives the price for building bridges between science, politics and agriculture. With her research, she shows how the rewetting of peatland can be successful in conjunction with agriculture.
Asbjørn Moen Knight 1st Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav! (4:11 PM, 09/12/2014)
His Majesty Harald, King of Norway, has appointed Professor Asbjørn Moen Knight 1st Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. The Order of St. Olav is awarded to individuals for remarkable accomplishments on behalf of the country and humanity. The award was presented to Asbjørn by Deputy County Governor Skjelbred Brit on September 8, 2014. The newly Knighted himself was most concerned with sharing the honour with his colleagues: “I see this award as a recognition of us who have worked in the field of ecology and conservation at the Natural History Museum for the last 45 years”.
Hans Joosten is awarded with the CULTURA prize (5:26 PM, 01/04/2014)
Hans Joosten is awarded with the CULTURA European prize for Sustainable land use. 
SWS Position Statement for Peatlands (8:34 PM, 02/20/2013)
The Wetland Concerns Committee is seeking factual information for potential inclusion in a SWS Position Statement on the conservation and management of peatlands and would appreciate knowledge and resources regarding key issues backed by published information.
IMCG Calendar 2013 (10:34 AM, 02/03/2013)
IMCG launches Calendar for World Wetland Day.
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IMCG New Year’s message (4:39 PM, 01/13/2013)
Dear Mire Friends
We have had a good summer break here in South Africa, with very hot weather at present. I trust you are all well, and have rested before the start of the New Year.
Durban UN climate talks: bigger steps needed for peatlands (6:47 PM, 11/30/2011)
Durban, South Africa - Peatlands must be given much stronger attention at the UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in Durban, South Africa, calls NGO Wetlands International.
Catalogue of peatland substrates published (4:27 PM, 12/28/2011)
Eberswalde University has published a catalogue of peatland substrates Portraits of different peat and gyttja types for identification in the field.
New Book: Carbon credits from peatland rewetting (5:50 PM, 11/03/2011)
Climate - biodiversity - land use Science, policy, implementation and recommendations of a pilot project in Belarus. Ed.: Franziska Tanneberger; Wendelin WichtmannSign International Scientists and Economists Statement on Biofuels and Land Use (7:00 AM, 10/07/2011)
When land used for food or feed production is turned over to growing biofuel crops, agriculture has to expand elsewhere. This often results in new deforestation and destruction of other ecosystems, particularly in tropical regions in the developing world.
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