14/11/2025  From 8 to 17 June 2026, the Paludi Summer School will take place at the Thünen-Institute in Braunschweig and at the Greifswald Mire Centre. It is primarily aimed at PhD candidates and other early-career scientists involved in PaludiNetz projects. Remaining places will be allocated to applicants outside the PaludiNetz in a second selection process.

A central goal is to strengthen interdisciplinary exchange and to network participants both with each other and with experts from research and practice. The focus is on jointly developing and deepening knowledge about paludiculture. The programme is supplemented by practical tasks, interactive workshops and excursions to project sites, rounded off by a number of leisure activities that provide opportunities for exchange and networking. Each participant is asked to give a presentation on their own research topic – an opportunity to share ideas, receive feedback and learn from each other.

Registrations are open until 31 December 2025 via this form.

14/11/2025  A brand new eddy covariance tower has recently been installed on one of the pilot sites in the MOOSland project. It continuously records CO₂ and methane fluxes across the entire area, including causeways, ditches and peat mosses. Over the next eight years, scientists want to use it to measure how climate-friendly a peat moss paludiculture is.

The ‘Eddy’ took a day and three people to set it up, plus a lot of preparatory work, of course, such as testing the equipment in the laboratory, laying power cables to the site and building a rudimentary platform out of planks. The tripod was built up within four hours on site. Then, electrical boxes and data loggers were attached to the tower. These are responsible for communication between the instruments, including CO₂ and methane sensors, a camera, a pressure gauge and a router for data transmission to the outside world. Each instrument has its own IP address for remote access. This not only enables the instruments to be accessed, but also controlled – a special feature of this Eddy tower that goes beyond the standard. The following day, only a little fine-tuning was needed to optimise the angles, distances and alignment of the sensors. Now the ‘Eddy’ is up and running, and the scientists expect to receive the first evaluations in about a month.

Why it matters: The collected data provides a reliable basis for policymakers, businesses and researchers to assess and optimise the climate impact of peat moss paludiculture.

Paludiculture in practice, young scientists, water and nutrient management – new calls for proposals will be issued in October.

10/11/2025  The Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (BMLEH) wants to further promote climate protection through peatland conservation and is intensifying its research funding. The three calls for funding address paludiculture management techniques, water and nutrient management, and young scientists.
Funding for ‘‘Research into innovative cultivation techniques for paludiculture“ is intended to support practical research with rapidly available technology and knowledge transfer in the field of land management and the extraction of renewable raw materials from paludiculture. The Ministry is offering young researchers up to five years of funding for the collection and modelling of data on rewetted moorland sites. Funding for „Water and nutrient management of paludiculture“ is intended to generate knowledge on the hydrology and nutrient supply of wet moors and paludiculture at the regional level.

27/10/2025  Peatlands play a key role in climate protection, but their rewetting often fails or is complicated due to legal hurdles and regulatory frameworks. A new opinion paper entitled “Legal recommendations and interpretation of water law for peatland-friendly water management in Germany” prepared by Prof. Dr. Sabine Schlacke, analyzes how water law in Germany needs to be adapted, particularly for sustainable peatland use. The key message: peatland-friendly water management is essential for the preservation of peatlands as CO₂ reservoirs and for adaptation to climate change, and must therefore be promoted – especially in the federal states of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The report contains recommendations for action by politicians and administrators to create legal certainty for land users and nature conservation.

The recommendations in the report are particularly relevant for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, as the Ministry of Agriculture has presented a draft amendment to the state water law, which is currently being discussed by the committees of the state parliament. This presents an opportunity to include provisions to facilitate procedures for peatland rewetting.

The report is aimed at decision-makers in politics, administration, and agriculture and shows concrete ways in which water law can better support peatland conservation measures. It is a publication of the GMC proceedings, developed in the MoKKA project by the University of Greifswald the Succow Foundation.

13/10/2025  InAWi and 1000Moore are two funding guidelines with which the Federal Environment Ministry supports projects for the rewetting of peatland soils.

Applicants can find out more in two online training courses:
InAWi: 10 November 2025, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (registration until 7 November)
1,000 Moors: 18 November 2025, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.  (registration until 7 November)

The events are also aimed at participants who already attended an applicant training course in autumn 2024. The team at the project management agency Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH will share their experiences and helpful tips from the first year of the funding programmes.