This is the IPS
Constituted in 1968, in Québec, Canada. Today we are registered as non-profit NGO in Finland, supported by 16 national committees.
Individual, institutional and corporate members dedicated to the responsible management and Wise Use of peatlands and peat.
We serve as a forum to bring together experts from all fields of peat and peatland management, worldwide and equally.
We organize events, publish peat and peatland knowledge, share data and provide facts and opinions for decision-making.
Publications
Our Conferences and Related Events
IPS member webinar: Toward a Professional Bibliographic Database on Mitigation Options for Anthropogenic Stressors in Boreal Peatlands and Wetlands
12 January 15-16 hrs EET (Helsinki) Daniel Campbell, Birchbark Environmental Research, Sudbury, Canada Line Rochefort, Peatland Ecology Research Group, Université Laval, Québec, Canada In the coming decades, climate change and development projects in the Boreal biome will increasingly impact…
Finnish Peatland Day 2026
The biannual Peatland Day seminar will be organized by the Finnish Peatland Society on Thursday, 5 February 2026, at the House of Sciences and Letters, Helsinki (Kirkkokatu 6). The theme of this year’s seminar is “With Peatland Research Towards…
