LIFE Multi-Peat
Developing A Portal for Peatland Policies
ASPECT’s Peatland Policy Portal will provide a comprehensive dashboard for exploring the current state of peatland related policies and projects across Europe, as well as the utilities to aid in developing effective, evidence-based policies for peatland restoration and transformation.
PROJECT GOALS
- Creation of the PPP (Peatland Policy Portal) and a Restoration Toolkit
- Restoring degraded peatlands (689 ha)
- Establishing paludiculture solutions
- Analysing the potential of peatland restoration for Ireland’s first voluntary carbon credits
- Co-locating blanket bogs with renewable energy infrastructure (e.g. the Galway Wind Park)
- Supporting the development of peatland policy by:
1) conducting national analyses of CAP and WFD
2) establishing an EU-wide toolkit that catalogues all peatland projects, policies, and data
PURPOSE OF PORTAL
- Gather and display data
- Showcase different examples
- Provide tools for analysis and predictions
- Highlight gaps, barriers, and enablers in governance and implementation
- Make data available in a user-friendly and reliable way
Project scope:
€7.76 million
5 years (2021 – 2026)
SDG’s targeted:
Project Partners:
- University of Galway
Ireland - Galway Wind Park
Ireland - NABU (coordinator)
Germany - Klub Przyrodników
Poland - OTOP Birdlife International
Poland - Natuurmonumenten
Netherlands - Natuurpunt
Belgium - Eurosite
