Principal Investigators:

1. Mark Reed, University of Aberdeen (project manager, social science lead)  

Project publications

Introduction - Why are peatlands important? 

Peatlands provide vital services to society, nationally and globally, including helping to mitigate climate change, providing clean water, supporting biodiversity and tourism:

The Valuing Peatlands project aims to:

1. To use UK peatlands as a policy-relevant case study to:

1.1 Identify options for valuing changes to stocks and flows of multiple ecosystem services in complex socio-ecological systems using both monetary and non-monetary approaches

Using Payments for Ecosystem Services to meet Water Framework Directive requirements at least cost

Date: 9th May 2012 (full day workshop)

Organisers: Valuing Nature Network with water@leeds

Location: Mint Hotel, Leeds

Price: £50 per person 

Booking: contact V.Hirst@leeds.ac.uk

Assessing and valuing peatland ecosystem services for sustainable management

Principal investigators: Dr Mark Reed, Birmingham City University (project leader); Dr Aletta Bonn, IUCN UK Peatland Programme; Dr Klaus Glenk, Scottish Agricultural College; Dr Chris Evans, CEH Bangor.