Programme
9:30 - 10:00 | Registration and Networking | |
Speaker | Presentation title | |
10:00 - 11:00 | Prof. Murray Hitzman (iCRAG) | iCRAG and peatlands |
Dr Shane Regan (NPWS) | Keynote: "The Future and Challenges Faced in Peatland Conservation and Restoration in Ireland" | |
Restoration and Climate: Characterisations of Peatlands | ||
Prof. Laurence Gill (TCD) | The ecohydrology of raised bogs and implications for their restoration | |
Dr Tiernan Henry (UG) | Characterising the drainage response of peatland to rainfall events | |
Dr Matt Saunders (TCD) | Impacts of management and climatic variability on the climate mitigation potential of Irish peatlands | |
11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break & Posters |
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11:30 - 12:35 | ||
Dr Mark McCorry (Bord na Móna) |
The Peatland Climate Action Scheme – re-wetting Bord na Móna’s cutaway bogs |
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Multiscale Monitoring of Ireland's Peatlands | ||
Dr Shane Donohue (UCD) | Geophysical assessment and monitoring of peatland health | |
Dr Eoghan Holohan (UCD) | Application of InSAR for monitoring peatland and watertable motion | |
Dr Eve Daly (UG) | Radiometrics for Peatland Mapping | |
12:35 - 14:00 | Lunch and short Abbeyleix Bog Walk with Chris Uys |
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14:00 - 16:00 | Just Transition and Ireland's Peatlands |
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Dr Aparajita Banerjee (UCD) | Spatial Justice as prerequisite for a just transition in post-peat communities | |
Dr Geertje Schuitema (UCD) | Community acceptance of future development for peatlands | |
Koen Verbruggen (GSI) | Just Transition activities at Geological Survey Ireland | |
Post-peat land use: Geohazard and Geo-Engineering considerations | ||
Pádraig Naughton (Bord na Móna) | Peatland Rehabilitation – Implementation of the Peatlands Climate Action Scheme on Bord na Móna Peatlands | |
Dr Mike Long (UCD) | Overview of Geohazard and Geo-Engineering Considerations for Peatlands | |
Andrew Trafford (UCD) | Use of geophysics for ground investigation at peatland sites | |
Eileen McCarthy (UCC) | Peat Stability on Upland Sites: The Role of Hydrogeology | |
Tom Clayton (FTCo) & Charise McKeon (GSI) | Findings of a Study on the Conditioning and Triggering Factors for Peat Landslides | |
Dr Bryan McCabe (UG) | Road construction in peatlands: viability of surcharging as a means of secondary settlement reduction | |
16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break & Posters |
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16:30 - 17:25 | Closing Panel: Future priorities for collaborative research | |
Chair: Dr Jean O’Dwyer (UCC). Panel: Shane Regan (NPWS), Marie Fleming (ARUP), Kate Flood (Community Wetlands Forum & UG), Mark McCorry (Bord na Móna) and Hugh Cushnan (RPS) |
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17:25 | Closing Remarks: Prof. Murray Hitzman (iCRAG) | |
17:30 | Close |