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Photos: Susann Warnecke, Hannu Salo, Riitta Korhonen Soundly about peatland forestry, Peatland Ecology and Forestry – a Sound Approach 60 To order Peatlands International, or to The Encyclopedia of Agrophysics - some aspects of advertise in the magazine, please visit peat and peatlands 61 www.peatsociety.org/publications/ A quick scan of peatlands in Central and Eastern Europe 62 peatlands-international or contact the Editors at [email protected]. ISSN 1455-8491 1 Even on a bog there was not enough room to take a group picture of all 602 participants. Here are just a few of them. Thanks for having been with us in Stockholm! 14th International Peat Congress Stockholm, Sweden 3 - 6 June 2012 At the Post-Congress tour. Photo: Tuula Larmola Editorial Jaakko Silpola . participants Even on a bog there was not602 enough room to take a group picture of all Thanks for Here are just a few of them. having been with us in Stockholm! The International Peat Congress in Stockholm was a success! The 14th international Peat Congress At a glimpse, the three most as the IPS as its hosting organization, in Stockholm 2012 “Peatlands in attractive sessions with approved covers all aspects of peat and Balance” treated themes ranging abstracts were: peatlands. from basic science and ecology to the economic and social implications of • Carbon balance & GHG fluxes in All available short abstracts were human use of peatlands. In addition, disturbed and cut-over peatlands published in the printed Book the Congress also had one overriding (Chair: Eeva-Stiina Tuittila), of Abstracts. Most of them had objective – to focus on the practical altogether 39 abstracts advanced into extended abstracts management of peatlands. • Restoration, rehabilitation and and were consequently published after-use of disturbed peatlands in the ”Proceedings of the 14th I am proud to report that the (Chair: Catherine Farrell), International Peat Congress, Congress was one of the largest altogether 28 abstracts Stockholm, 2012”. These were given throughout the IPS history. It brought • Chemical, physical and biological to all registered participants in the 602 participants from 33 countries characteristics of peat (Chair: form of memory sticks. Unfortunately and in total 58 sponsors, of which Jürgen Schoenherr), altogether we had some technical problems 24 were exhibitors, to Stockholm. 26 abstracts with the content of the sticks but - The scientific program consisted of thanks to the Internet - by now all 409 approved oral presentations The total number of different these should be solved. Six months and posters. Because of a fairly large scientific themes dealt with at the after the Congress, in January 2013, number of late cancellations, exactly Congress was 28! This great variety the Proceedings will be available for 337 of these were presented in of topics shows how widely the the public at the member database Stockholm. International Peat Congress, as well of the IPS website. 3 and seminars, must have a more interactive program with more workshops and well-prepared