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Advancing sustainable management and restoration of Europe's forested peatlands. Funded by the EU.

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REWET @rewet-he.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We know what happens when our landscapes — the very landscapes that sustain our resilience — are sacrificed to the greed of a few. Watch “Empty Lands”. It might makes you angry. Good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=52st... #wetlands #peatlands #naturebasedsolutions #climateaction #biodiversity
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“Empty” Lands: Wetlands, Power and Governance.
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🪲 Small soil-dwelling giants! Ground beetles play a key role in healthy ecosystems: they regulate insect populations, contribute to soil processes and support food webs. 🔎 They’re also excellent bioindicators, helping us track how peatlands respond to restoration. #Peatlands #Biodiversity
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
With restoration plans underway, the Austrian Open Lab offers a unique opportunity to understand how rewetting can reverse degradation and enhance ecosystem resilience. 🔗 Discover more about the Austrian Open Lab: www.forpeat.eu/open-lab-4-a...
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Open Lab Austria – Karlstifter Moore
Discover ForPeat’s Open Lab in Karlstifter Moore, Austria, where peatland restoration, rewetting strategies and advanced greenhouse gas monitoring support climate mitigation and biodiversity conservat...
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
ForPeat's OL 4 is located here, in the Karlstifter Moor Nature Reserve, and is coordinated by the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. The OL focuses on a degraded raised bog where drainage has encouraged the expansion of woody vegetation, accelerating ecosystem change. 🌲
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Like many Central European peatlands, Austrian raised #bogs were widely drained during the 19th and early 20th centuries to facilitate forestry and peat extraction. The Karlstifter Moor was no exception. 🌿💧
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Check out this new article about wetland restoration efforts from our fellow projects @rewet-he.bsky.social and @alfawetlands.bsky.social ! 👇
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
To learn more about our Open Lab at De Weerribben, click below👇 www.forpeat.eu/open-lab-3-n...
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De Weerribben Open Lab (Netherlands): Peatland Restoration, Biodiversity and Carbon Dynamics
Explore ForPeat Open Lab 3 in De Weerribben, where peatland restoration strategies balance biodiversity conservation, carbon storage and water management.
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This Open Lab compares two contrasting ecosystems: an 80-year-old floating forest and an area where trees have been removed to restore open fen reedlands. 🌲🌾
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
ForPeat's Open Lab 3 is located in De Weerribben and is coordinated by Wageningen University’s Department of Environmental Sciences and Wageningen Environmental Research.
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
ForPeat's Open Lab 2, coordinated by the University of Tartu, investigates how different forest and water management practices affect carbon dynamics and ecosystem functioning in drained peatland forests. 💧🌲 🔗 Learn more: www.forpeat.eu/open-lab-2-e... #Peatlands #ClimateAction #Biodiversity
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ForPeat Open Lab Estonia – Sustainable Management of Drained Peatland Forests
Discover the ForPeat Open Lab in Estonia: a 50 ha research site within 500 ha of drained peatland forest assessing carbon balance, water quality and sustainable forestry practices near the Vigala Rive...
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🌲 Estonia’s forested peatlands show how decades of drainage and forestry have shaped these ecosystems, underlining the importance of management approaches that support climate action, biodiversity and water quality.
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
ForPeat’s Finnish Open Lab comprises four sites — Sanginjoki, Kivalo, Lettosuo and Ylpässuo — together representing the main management and restoration approaches applied to forested peatlands in Finland.🌲💧 🔗Learn more about the work behind: www.forpeat.eu/open-lab-1-f... #Peatlands #ClimateAction
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Open Lab Finland – Sustainable Management of Forested Peatlands
Explore ForPeat’s Open Lab in Finland, comparing restoration, continuous cover forestry and rotation forestry in drained peatlands to assess greenhouse gas mitigation, water impacts and ecosystem serv...
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
From Portugal to Finland, ForPeat’s Open Labs are working on the sustainable management of forested peatlands 🌍🌱 Explore the new Open Labs section on our website and discover the sites driving ForPeat’s research and restoration activities 👇 🔗 www.forpeat.eu
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ForPeat: Restoring Europe’s Peatlands
Restoring Europe’s forest peatlands through Open Labs, rewetting and harmonised monitoring to increase carbon storage, water quality and biodiversity.
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
🤔 How do restoration practices in peatlands affect carbon fluxes? It’s one of the 50 priority research questions shaping peatland science—and something we’re tackling in ForPeat. If you work on peatlands, this paper is worth your time 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Priority research questions in global peatland science - Communications Earth & Environment
Global research prioritization for peatland science engaged 467 participants from 54 countries, identifying 50 priority research questions across carbon dynamics, climate impacts, restoration and mana...
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
💧 €1.3B for peatland rewetting in Germany The EC has approved a major scheme to restore drained #peatlands currently responsible for ~7% of Germany’s emissions. Not just restoration → a shift to paludiculture: farming on wet soils while cutting emissions. 🔗 www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/co...
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Commission approves €1.3bn for rewetting of peatlands in Germany
Under the scheme participants can avail of direct grants covering up to 100% of eligible costs.
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Want your #research to actually influence #policy? This tranining gives researchers the tools to engage with policy safely, responsibly, and effectively. From understanding policy landscapes to creating impactful policy outputs. 👉 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/influencin...
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Influencing policy
A practical online course for researchers on how to engage with policy safely, responsibly and effectively
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
❄️ 1 metre of snow didn’t stop us. Peatlands don’t stop either. Discover how ForPeat is unlocking their potential 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uTg...
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The Future of Forested Peatlands: Monitoring and Managing Nature’s Carbon Reservoirs | ForPeat
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
🤔 How do you turn #research into real-world impact? Join this practical and interactive online session to learn how to design impact that actually works. 📅 15 April 2026 | 9:30–11:00 UTC 💻 Online Save your spot and start making your research count 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fast-track...
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Fast-track your research impact
A practical, interactive online session on generating real-world impact from research using evidence-based tools and efficient planning
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REWET @rewet-he.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
At Ylpässuo, a protected mire in southern Finland, researchers from the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Oulu are studying a protected mire functions as part of the REWET project. ▶️ Discover the Ylpässuo Open Lab 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmzn...
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Turpeen kerrostama ekosysteemi: Ylpässuo Suomessa
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WET HORIZONS @wethorizons.eu · 04/03/2026
Are expanding northern peatlands cooling or warming the climate? It depends on how they develop🧪 This study combines paleoecology, remote sensing and hydrological modelling to examine peatland expansion and vegetation succession in a subarctic fen margin in Lapland bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
Slide titled “External and internal drivers behind the formation, vegetation succession, and carbon balance of a subarctic fen margin,” followed by a list of authors. Below the title are two side-by-side color maps labeled (a) and (b) showing a subarctic peatland area. The left map illustrates spatial patterns of exchange flux with a color scale ranging from blue (low/negative values) to red (high/positive values). The right map shows differences in groundwater table (GWT) levels, with colors ranging from blue (lower values) to yellow and red (higher values). Legends identify peatland types such as fens, bogs, and treed fens, and both maps include a north arrow and scale bar. The Wet Horizons logo appears at the bottom
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
At the same time, the team is evaluating how common forestry practices influence the carbon balance and ecosystem functioning of peatland forests. Take a look at our site! 👇
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Drainage lowers groundwater levels, exposing peat to oxygen and accelerating its decomposition, releasing stored carbon as CO₂. At the Estonian Open Lab, the project is testing controlled water level manipulation, gradually raising groundwater levels to slow peat oxidation and reduce carbon losses.
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
🤔 Here, researchers are investigating a critical question: how do forest and water management practices affect carbon dynamics in drained peatland forests?
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
In southern Estonia, the ForPeat Open Lab is exploring how forestry and #peatland ecosystems can coexist more sustainably. Located in Rumba, the study site covers 50 hectares within a 500-hectare spruce-dominated peatland forest, an area shaped by decades of forestry and drainage.
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Read more here: 🔗 www.forpeat.eu/news/new-edd...
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Carbon monitoring tower installed in Austrian peatland – ForPeat Open Lab
ForPeat installs an eddy covariance tower at Karlstifter Moor, Austria, enabling continuous greenhouse gas monitoring to support peatland restoration and climate action.
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
📊 Within ForPeat, the scientific focus is clear: comprehensive greenhouse gas monitoring and ecosystem assessment. The site offers a unique opportunity to quantify carbon dynamics before and after rewetting interventions. At Karlstifter Moor, our Open Lab has just installed an eddy covariance tower.
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
🍃 This site focuses on a degraded raised bog within the Karlstifter Moor complex. Over the past century, drainage lowered the water table and allowed woody vegetation to expand. Now, restoration planning is underway, with rewetting as the main objective to restore the bog’s natural hydrology.
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
🌍 Across Europe, ForPeat is working through several Open Labs to test and demonstrate peatland restoration and managemenr in real conditions. One of them is located in Karlstifter Moor, Austria
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Convention on Wetlands @ramsar.org · 17/02/2026
Sustainable tourism, including ecotourism, is a cross-cutting activity that can contribute to the achievement of the #SDGs. Protecting wetlands ensures that tourism development remains responsible, inclusive and future-focused. #GlobalTourismResilienceDay
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WET HORIZONS @wethorizons.eu · 02/02/2026
Wetlands are not just a ecosystems: They are places of knowledge, culture, and life. Citizen science plays a crucial role in safeguarding and restoring wetlands. World Wetlands Day today reminds us of this #WordWetlandDay #CitizenScience
Collage titled “Citizens Power Wetland Science” showing citizens photographing wetland information boards, scanning QR-code signs, and observing wetland vegetation during field activities.Two people conducting citizen science monitoring in a forested wetland, standing within a marked plot; text explains benefits of citizen science such as covering more ground and filling monitoring gaps.Person walking along a wooden boardwalk through a green wetland forest; overlay text invites people to take part in wetland science and learn about wetlands.Group of people gathered at a wetland site with overlaid maps highlighting citizen science locations in Finland, Denmark, and Germany, and a call to follow Wet Horizons to learn more about wetlands.
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Mike Shewring @mikeshewring.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
#peatland job environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/108978-...
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PeacePlus Nature Peatland Conservation Scientist
Are you passionate about protecting and restoring peatlands? The restoration of Northern Ireland’s peatlands will deliver major conservation benefits and is a key part of PeacePlus Nature. We are ...
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International Peatland Society @peatlands.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Nominations to the Executive Board can be submitted by National Committees until 6 February. peatlands.org/executive-bo...
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Executive Board Elections 2026 - International Peatland Society
National Committees of the IPS are asked to submit their nominations by 6 February to the IPS Secretariat, including a nomination letter, a max 4-page CV and, if possible, motivation letter by the app...
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
🌍 Happy World Wetlands Day! 💧Wetlands come in many forms, such as marshes, bogs, and fens. Among them, peatlands are wetlands where long-term waterlogging and low-oxygen conditions allow partially decomposed organic matter to accumulate over centuries. Here are a few key facts ⬇️
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International Peatland Society @peatlands.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The Finnish Peatland Society has published the programme of its Peatland Day (Suopäivä) in Helsinki on 5 February. Have a look and register, there are still a few seats available: www.suoseura.fi/2026/01/21/s... #peatlands #peat #finland #suo #turve
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Suopäivä 2026: ohjelma julkistettu ja ilmoittautumista jatkettu! – Suoseura – Finnish Peatland Society
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Convention on Wetlands @ramsar.org · 19/01/2026
#ExcitingNews: Today @wmo-global.bsky.social and the Convention on Wetlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding, establishing a framework for collaboration. The MoU aims to leverage the complementary strengths of the two institutions to strengthen the science–policy interface. #WetlandsMatter
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Convention on Wetlands @ramsar.org · 18/01/2026
🎉15 DAYS TO GO! 🎉 First celebrated in 1997 and a United Nations International Day since 2022, #WorldWetlandsDay honours the beauty and value of wetlands. Details: www.worldwetlandsday.org #WorldWetlandsDay2026 #CelebratingWetlands #WWD2026 #WetlandsandCulture
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International Peatland Society @peatlands.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
📢 Webinar invitation | EU Nature Restoration Law & Peatlands 🗓 20 January ⏰ 14–15:30 CET 💻 MS Teams • Irene Bouwma, Netherlands • Bernd Hofer, Germany 🔗 Link via Peatland Snippets 1.2025 👉 Info: peatlands.org/event/webina... #peatlands #peat #agriculture #NatureRestorationLaw Photo: Ries Bosch
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Webinar on NRL impact in Germany and the Netherlands - International Peatland Society
The Board of the Dutch National Committee of IPS invites you to an online webinar on Tuesday, 20 January 2026, 14:00 – 15:30 CET, on the implications of the EU Nature Restoration Law for the use and m...
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Our website is now live! www.forpeat.eu
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ForPeat: Restoring Europe’s Peatlands
Restoring Europe’s forest peatlands through Open Labs, rewetting and harmonised monitoring to increase carbon storage, water quality and biodiversity.
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REWET @rewet-he.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
💻 Wetlands in Action Webinars - Session 4: Registration is open! 🛰️ "Remote Sensing of #Wetland and #Peatland Dynamic: #Restoration and Carbon Emissions" Date: 10 February 2026 Time: 11:00 –12:00 (CET) Location: Online 💻 Registration link 👉 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
🌍 ForPeat is working to change this. The project develops sustainable land management and restoration approaches to strengthen soil carbon storage, improve soil health and support biodiversity in forested peatlands. 🔗 Learn more about ForPeat’s approach: www.forpeat.eu/news/forpeat...
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ForPeat: Restoring Europe’s Forested Peatlands for Climate and Biodiversity
Discover how the EU-funded ForPeat project is restoring Europe’s forested peatlands to fight climate change and protect biodiversity.
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
🍃 #Peatlands store vast amounts of #carbon and play a key role in #water regulation and #biodiversity protection. Yet decades of drainage and land-use change have left many European peatlands degraded, turning former climate allies into sources of greenhouse gas emissions.
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REWET @rewet-he.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
✨ Happy New Year! Let’s kick off 2026 with fresh science and sharp discussions. 🌿 Wetlands in Action – Webinar Session 3 Data-Driven Wetland Monitoring GHG hotspots & Rewetting Impact Assessment 📅 13 Jan 2026 ⏰ 11:00–12:00 CET 💻 Online 👉 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Webinar 3. Data-Driven Wetland Monitoring: GHG Hotspot and Rewetting Impact Assessment. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joini...
Register now for the third webinar in the “Wetlands in Action” series, launched by 4 Horizon Europe Sister Projects. This session is dedicated to the presentation of ALFAwetlands, WET HORIZONS and REW...
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The project works to balance: 🌱 Biodiversity conservation 🌍 Climate change mitigation 🌲 Bioeconomic needs ➡️ By combining research, technology, and collaboration, ForPeat is working to turn knowledge into practice. Follow our journey!
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Through 8 Open Labs established across Europe, ForPeat will enhance monitoring and data collection, filling crucial gaps in the European flux network and advancing our understanding of the multifunctionality of peatland forests.
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The ForPeat project addresses these challenges through a multi-actor approach that brings together researchers, land managers, and policymakers to improve the way we manage and restore forested peatlands.
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
🌿#Peatland forests across Europe are highly diverse ecosystems varying in nutrient levels, peat depth, hashtag#hydrology, and #management practices. This complexity makes both forestry operations and ecological restoration particularly challenging.
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
As the coordinator of ForPeat, IDENER.AI leads the project’s management activities and develops decision-support systems and economic assessments to guide sustainable forest peatland management. Learn more about IDENER here: idener.ai
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idener.ai – Solving science and engineering challenges using AI
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🌍 Meet our coordinator 👏 Based in Spain, IDENER.AI is a research SME that combines artificial intelligence, systems modelling, and optimisation to address complex scientific and engineering challenges.
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Stay tuned as we will be talking about what's happening in each site!
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ForPeat @forpeat.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
🌍 8 Open Labs. 1 shared mission. Focusing on techniques like #rewetting, the project aims to reduce carbon loss, enhance carbon storage, and restore #biodiversity. Where can you find our Open Labs? 🔹 Finland 🔹 Estonia 🔹 Netherlands 🔹 Austria 🔹 Poland 🔹 Portugal 🔹 Italy 🔹 Sweden
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