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Please sign the petition for the cancellation of Saemangeum New Airport in order to protect the Sura Tidal Flat! Tidal flats of the Yellow Sea is one of the five extent tidal flats on this planet and encompass Korea(South and North) and China. The Yellow Sea has a shallow shelf and an archipelago with significant macrotidal conditions(4~9m). This tidal energy has enriched marine ecosystem, migratory birds from around the world, and more than 150 million people living nearby. These tidal flats are being endangered mainly because of aggressive reclamation and pollution.

Peatlands are Mongolia’s last source of water and productive lands. They maintain permafrost, which plays a significant role in the integrity of the Mongolian landscape and climate. Nowadays, however, they are rapidly disappearing.
ABC SDG invites you to join us and help the people of Mongolia stop this unsafe development. You will learn about Mongolia’s nature and possibly find more sustainable, nature-based solutions.

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.

In an open letter, science associations and networks across Europe express our critic of European decision-makers for a series of decisions that undermine the EU's environmental agenda and international obligations, resulting in an overall attack on the Green Deal, on nature, and the future of EU citizens. read more

In 2024, the 20^th IMCG Field Symposium and General Assembly will be held in Germany. Please, visit the conference website and register definitely, if you want to participate.

In 2024, the 20^th IMCG Field Symposium and General Assembly will be held in Germany. Please, visit the conference website and register definitely, if you want to participate.

Empower nature, climate and future now!

Declaration of the “ Power to the Peatlands” conference 19th to 21st September 2023, Antwerp, Belgium is published

 

The International Mire Conservation Group, the Greifswald Mire Centre, the Michael Succow Foundation and Wetlands International Europe have published amn Open Letter, signed by 52 signatories, calling for ambition for peatlands restoration targets in the Nature Restoration Law.

Download the resolution to the European Union here

 

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Dear IMCG friends,

we would like to inform you about an online event that coud be of interest for some of you, especually our European members, but not only.

Ehe European Commission (DG Environment and DG Clima) in cooperation with CINEA agency, NEEMO EEIG Group and the host Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) organise a three-days event: LIFE platform meeting: The benefits of peatland restoration for Europe in Berlin on 26-28 April 2023.

more information here

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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.