M131125 The Challenge for Peatland Restoration and Wise use in England

Join ISEP Midlands for an Engaging Webinar on The Challenge for Peatland Restoration and Wise use in England

Peatlands play a vital role in biodiversity, climate resilience, and water management , yet they remain one of England’s most threatened ecosystems. Join us for this insightful webinar exploring the current challenges, progress, and future direction for peatland restoration and sustainable management.

Session Overview

Policy background

Threats to peatland

Progress in restoration

Progress in wise use on lowland agricultural peat

Research and evidence base

Informing the future policy direction

Key reasons to attend this event:

1. Understanding the challenges facing lowland and upland peatlands in England

2. Understanding of the eco-hydrological significance of peatland systems in restoration

3. Understanding the wider benefits of peatland ecosystems

4. Examples of peatland work in the Midlands area

Speaker

Craig Rockliff - Nature Regulation & Peatland Manager, Environment Agency

Bio

Born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire but educated at Bangor University, Wales in Marine Biology / Chemical Oceanography. He worked with Aquariums across England before finally moving back to Bangor, North Wales with Environment Agency Wales. He has worked at the Environment Agency for 25 years, becoming the senior technical advisor on the Habitats Directive Regulations, Biodiversity Data and Regulation. Driving forward protection for European sites, mapping tools to identify risks and building the Conservation section within National Permitting. In recent years his skills have moved to a National Data, Nature Regulation & Peatland Manager role. Focusing on restoration and sustainable management of Upland Peat and Lowland Agricultural Peat.

Katharine Birdsall - National Peatland Senior Advisor,Environment Agency

Bio:

Dr Katharine Birdsall is the Senior Technical Advisor in the Environment Agency's National Peatland Team, with a key role in strategic oversight, policy development and evidence based delivery. She has worked on lowland and upland peat protection, restoration and wise use across the UK. Katharine's interests include eco-hydrology, partnership working and stakeholder engagement, landscape scale conservation and habitat restoration.

This event is hosted by ISEP Midlands , but we welcome members from other regions to join us as well. Why not connect with ISEPMidlands on our LinkedIn page, here.

This webinar counts as 1 hour of ISEP recognised CPD. You can add this to your ISEP CPD. Please check our CPD guidance pages at www.isepglobal.org/skills/cpd for further details on how to do this.