Project Design Contacts

Peatland Finance Ireland plans to create a resource page with useful links and information to support peatland restoration project development. This will include details on project developers, brokers, partnerships, and where to access knowledge and training about peatland ecology and restoration.

If you or your organisation would like to be featured on the website as a project developer or in another relevant role, please get in touch via info@peatlandfinance.ie.

Project Design Resources

WaterLANDS Blanket Bog Restoration Toolkit

NPWS Best Practices for Raised Bog Restoration

Training and Upskilling

Natura Communities

Natura Communities aims to connect local communities with Natura 2000 sites in their area. The vision for the Natura Communities initiative is to build capacity in communities to enable the delivery of locally-led nature conservation and ecosystem restoration. To ensure success, it is necessary for local communities to have the knowledge and skills in all levels of conservation project management, such as administration, technical know-how, regulatory requirements and related factors.

This initiative regularly runs local training and capacity building events. There are also funding opportunities available. You can visit the website to find out if there is a Natura Community already active in your area.

Peatland Ecology and Restoration

National Biodiversity Data Centre

The National Biodiversity Data Centre (NBDC) provide training resources and workshops to their recording network.

By learning to identify species, submitting records to the NBDC either through casual recording or our monitoring schemes, individuals and communities can make a significant contribution to better understand Ireland’s biodiversity e.g. getting learners to take part in a monitoring schemes. All of the information gathered by the NBDC goes towards forming important baseline data to track changes to Ireland’s biodiversity over time.

The NBDC run face-to-face workshops throughout the year. They also have a number of free online training resources. Find out more about the NBDC’s training resources on the Biodiversity Ireland website.

Irish Peatland Conservation Council

The IPCCs Education Department offers a range of courses relating to bog ecology. See an overview of courses here: Irish Peatland Conservation Council Website.

Irish Wildlife Trust

The IWT runs education programmes, hosts events and webinars on Ireland’s biodiversity and how to protect it. Check out their website for information about the current programmes that are running: Irish Wildlife Trust Education Website.