TR16 - “Peat the way forward- a future for the UK’s peatlands”

In July 2002 the Thorne and Hatfield Moors Conservation Forum held a conference with the above title at the Wortley House Hotel, Scunthorpe. The conference included 15 presentations from various persons and organisations with involvements in all sides of the peat debate.

This volume contains the substance of the presentations. For the most part the papers included in this volume are transcribed from an audio recording taken at the conference.

In all cases the authors of the presentations were given the opportunity to read the transcription and correct or amend it. In some cases this has resulted in the preparation of formal papers. Some presenters did not take the opportunity to revise the transcripts and where this is the case the transcripts have been reproduced. In reading these it must be remembered that the transcripts are the words spoken to accompany visual presentations shown on a screen to the audience.

In a few cases the transcription process has provided incomplete renderings of the presentation with gaps in the narrative. Where this has occurred for the sake of readability the papers have been edited and, if possible, an educated guess has been made as to the missed words.

Site visit to Hatfield Moors during the conference

Subject	Speaker	Institution
Welcome	Caroline Flint MP
The history of peatlands and their conservation	Richard Lindsay	University of East London
Ministerial address	Michael Meacher MP	Minister of State for the Environment
English Nature’s hopes and aspirations for peatlands	Dr Andy Brown	Chief Executive - English Nature
Peatlands and planning	Ian Goldthorpe	Chartered Town Planner
Peat and the law	Richard Buxton	Solicitor specializing in Environmental and Public Law
Peat and alternatives	Martin Harper	Conservation Director - Plantlife
Did campaigning help?	Craig Bennett	Friends of the Earth
Growing medium requirements from the horticultural perspective	Stewart Henchie	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Great Expectations	Dr Adrian Oliver	English Heritage
Producing a peat free media	Mark Lewington	Terra Eco Systems
Scotts R&D of peat alternatives	Paul Waller	Scotts UK
Peatlands and environmental change	Dr Dan Charman	University of Plymouth
Towards a peat free future	Sally Ockenden	B&Q
Peatlands Park, N.I. A case history	Keith Stansfield	Environment and Heritage Service of Northern Ireland
Where from here?	Dr Rob Stoneman

This volume is published only in electronic format, available as a free download

The papers are copyright the individual speakers, and must not be reproduced without permission.

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