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🗓 There's still time to register for 'Beyond Grants: Valuing Wetlands' on Tuesday 29 October at 12pm CET. This introductory session will showcase a variety of ways WaterLANDS Action Sites are #valuing their #naturalcapital as a means of unlocking #finance for #restoration beyond traditional conservation #grants. Join us! https://lnkd.in/dq_KYHbc Rolf Hogan Paul Leadbitter Dr Guaduneth Chico Jane da Mosto Jan Peters Agata Klimkowska Wetlands International Europe LIFE IP Wild Atlantic Nature We are here Venice Michael Succow Stiftung Shane Mc Guinness, Ph.D.

We participated in a Farming for Nature webinar on October 23: you can watch back here https://lnkd.in/emRWSBJ5 Here's the background: 'Financing farming for nature' is part of the Winterage Webinar Week 2024 - a series of 4 webinars in the lead up to the Winterage Weekend. Speakers include: Dr Catherine Farrell (Trinity College Dublin) – Ecosystem services and funding Brendan Dunford (Farming for Nature Burrenbeo Trust) – Funding nature-based farming Anke Heydenreich (Attestor Limited) – Financial models for farming Ken Lyons (CIE Tours) – Building partnerships for funding Michael Davoren (Burren Farmer) – How it has work in the past and in the future Thanks to NPWS and DAFM for supporting this event Bianca Beatriz T. Mieke Siebers Siobhan McQuaid Laura Wendling Hometree Business for Nature Business For Biodiversity Ireland Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications WaterLANDS

REST-COAST, together with WaterLANDS, TransformAr and CLIMATEFIT_HEU are hosting a webinar, where we'll explore how to unlock financing sources and investments for #climate #resilience. 🗓️ 7 November 2024 📍 online 🌐 More info & registration: https://bit.ly/3C1Mjwf

We were delighted to engage with DaWetRest project, sharing learnings from restoration at our Bulgarian #ActionSite, the Dragoman Marsh, led by our partners WWF Bulgaria and Balkani Wildlife Society 🌿 🌸 🌏

Our event with WaterLANDS, Landscape Finance Lab and Wetlands International is fast approaching! Don't miss out, register now: https://lnkd.in/eGaa7thS 🔷 Beyond Grants: Valuing Wetlands 🔷 This interactive virtual session will showcase how WaterLANDS Action Sites across Europe are identifying and articulating different sources of value within their landscapes, and applying different #finance models that go beyond traditional #conservation grant funding, ensuring a more sustainably financed future for their #wetland #landscapes 🐸 🌸 🌿 🌏 When: 29 October 12pm CET Where: Online Find out more: https://lnkd.in/emkt_kRt

💡 Pre-Announcement: Public Consultation on the Peatland Standard for Ireland Peatland Finance Ireland is excited to announce the upcoming launch of a public consultation on the Peatland Standard for Ireland V1.0, designed to protect, restore, and sustainably manage Ireland's peatlands. The Peatland Standard will quantify ecosystem improvements like carbon sequestration, biodiversity, and water regulation using voluntary market principles to support finance for restoration projects. We invite all stakeholders to participate and provide your feedback starting October 30th. The consultation will run for four weeks, closing November 29th. Your input will be instrumental in shaping the future of peatland conservation in Ireland! Stay tuned for more details on how to get involved. 🌍 #Peatlands #ClimateAction #Sustainability #PublicConsultation #EnvironmentalImpact #Ireland Landscape Finance Lab WaterLANDS Peatlands Matter Association Ramsar France Biodiversity Credit Alliance CDC Biodiversité BioBeo EU European Research Executive Agency (REA) Verra https://lnkd.in/g399m9c4

"Before there were dikes, people lived with the sea. The water wasn't something you had to fight against; Residents of the area adapted to the tides." Really interesting series of walks being organised by WaterLANDS Artist-In-Resident Marjolijn Dijkman exploring the history and ecology of the Ems-Dollard estuary. 🌊

To solve the climate crisis, we must work in harmony with nature, not against it. 🌍 Nature-based solutions provide solutions to societal and environmental challenges that are inspired and supported by nature. Although this concept has been practised for thousands of years, it has increasingly being championed by organisations such as the UN, IUCN and the European Union. ✨ Want to learn more about nature-based solutions? Follow @nature.solves on Instagram to find out more about how nature can solve the challenges facing people and the planet! https://bit.ly/3zXX2am #NatureBasedSolutions #NBS #COP16 #Biodiversity #NatureConservation

***Peat Hub Ireland Database of Research on Irish Peatlands*** The #PeatHubIreland database of research is a freely accessible resource that makes research data on #Irish #peatlands readily available to researchers and other stakeholders. The database provides a searchable, updatable, and comprehensive collection of research, covering studies from January 2000 to October 2023. This database supported a review that used a comprehensive evidence synthesis approach, combining expert and stakeholder input with peer-reviewed studies and grey literature (coming soon!). The database contains a total of 900 records organised into the following thematic areas: #Biodiversity, #Soil, #ClimateChange, #Water, #Archaeology and #Palaeoenvironment, #Technology and #Mapping, #Society and #Culture, #Management, #GrowingMedia, #Policy and #Law. Each record in the database is given a unique ID number and is searchable by Author, Publication year, Theme, Sub-Topic, Title, DOI/URL and the Source of Citation. Access the database here: https://lnkd.in/egvwFQcn We hope the #database will raise awareness of previous research and methodologies, help researchers avoid duplication of effort, identify research gaps and new projects, and encourage #collaboration within the #peatland scientific and stakeholder community in Ireland. Dr Florence Renou-Wilson David Wilson Caitriona Devery #EarthInstitute UCD Environmental Policy | Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ireland Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications Community Wetlands Forum The Water Forum An Fóram Uisce Environmental Science Association of Ireland ESAI | National Biodiversity Data Centre | Irish Environmental Network Birdwatch Ireland Meath | Natural Capital Ireland ERINN Innovation LIFE IP Peatlands and People AI2Peat / PeatSense Fernando Fernandez Valverde @NPWS WaterLANDS An Taisce Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) Dr Catherine Farrell Catherine Casey Ben Malone Helen Shaw Lorcán Scott Vincent Wildlife Trust

The last few weeks we have been visiting farmers 👩🌾 to explore more restoration sites 🌱 and verifiying our restoration action plans aiming to restore at least 500ha before March 2025 💪 WaterLANDS