Programme
Tuesday 5th May 2009
1230 Registration and Lunch
1330 Conference Opening
Welcoming Address: Professor Maggie Gill, Director of the Rural and Environment Research and Analysis Directorate, Scottish Government.
SESSION ONE:
The value of highly organic soils to the delivery of ecosystem goods and services
Chair: Helaina Black, The Macaulay Institute for Land Use Research
Chair: Helaina Black, The Macaulay Institute for Land Use Research
| 1400 |
Patricia Bruneau, Scottish Natural Heritage. Practical perspectives from recent climate change, land management and erosion studies for management of the natural heritage in Scotland. |
| 1425 |
Steve Rose, Maslen Environmental. A review of international policies and experience on the use and management of peat resources |
| 1450 |
Matthew Shepherd, Natural England. The State of Our Peatlands – Mapping peat location, status and ecosystem services in England |
1515 - 1600 Break
| 1600 |
Paul Newell-Price, ADAS. Attitudes of land managers in the uplands to diffuse pollution mitigation |
| 1625 |
Fred Worrall, University of Durham, The success of peatland restoration for improving water quality and carbon storage – the case of Bleaklow |
| 1650 |
Kairsty Topp, Scottish Agricultural College, Carbon footprint of a Scottish Arable Farm: comparison of models |
| 1715 |
Klaus Glenk, The Macaulay Institute for Land Use Research. Estimating the benefits of re-accumulating carbon in Scottish soils |
Wednesday 6th May 2009
SESSION TWO:
Impacts of environmental change on the functioning of highly organic soils / Perspectives on managing highly organic soils
Chair: Lucy Sheppard, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
| 0830 |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Professor Leif Klemedtsson TELLUS Centre of Earth Systems Science, University of Gothenburg Greenhouse gas emissions from highly organic soils |
| 0915 |
Julia Drewer, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Changing Greenhouse Gas Budgets over 7 years from 2002 to 2008 at Auchencorth Moss – Sink or Source? |
| 0940 |
Marja Maljanen, University of Kuopio. Afforestation does not lower N2O emissions from drained boreal organic agricultural soils |
| 1005 |
Ruth Gregg, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Methane Oxidation in Boreal Soils – Impacts of Wildfire and Plant Succession. |
1030 - 1115 break
| 1115 |
Marc Stutter, The Macaulay Institute for Land Use Research. Dissolved organic carbon release from UK organic soils in response to fourteen years of environmental change |
| 1140 |
Kerry Dinsmore, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Role of the aquatic pathway in the carbon and greenhouse gas budgets of a peatland catchment |
| 1205 |
Rachel Helliwell, The Macaulay Institute for Land Use Research. Modelling soil carbon stocks and nitrogen dynamics in spatially heterogeneous montane environments |
| 1230 |
Iain Hartley, University of Stirling. Positive priming effects may control carbon storage in the organic soils of the mountain birch forest-tundra heath ecotone in arctic Sweden |
1255 - 1400 lunch
1400 - 1500 Main Poster Session
| 1500 |
Steve Chapman, The Macaulay Institute for Land Use Research. Estimation of the C stock held within the highly organic soils of Scotland |
| 1525 |
Bjorn Klove, University of Oulu. Environmental impacts of peatland drainage-experiences from Norway and Finland |
| 1550 |
Tom Ball, Unesco Centre, University of Dundee. An assessment of the effect of Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis Bong. Carr) plantation forest cover on carbon turnover and storage in a peaty gley soil, using radiocarbon |
| 1615 |
Arne Gronlund, Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research.Cultivated peatlands in Norway - extent and estimated carbon loss |
1640 - 1710 break
| 1645 |
David Hopkins, SCRI. Soil organic carbon stocks and dynamics in long-term experimental grassland plots |
| 1710 |
Elena Vangelova, Forest Research.Evaluation of carbon stocks and changes in UK forest soils |
| 1735 |
Bridget Emmett, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Attributing change in carbon cycling and storage in organic soils. |
1930 Conference Dinner
Thursday 7th May 2009
SESSION THREE: Predicting the future for highly organic soils
Chair: Bob Rees, Scottish Agricultural College
| 0900 |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Professor Phil Ineson, Stockholm Environment Institute / University of York. What is the future for highly organic soils? |
| 0945 |
Andreas Heinemeyer, National Centre for Earth Observation. Modelling carbon dynamics in organic soils – past, present and future |
| 1010 |
Jo Smith, University of Aberdeen. Simulation of the impacts of changes in land use and climate on soil C fluxes from organic and mineral soils at national scale (ECOSSE). |
1030-1100 break
| 1100 |
Pia Gottschalk, University of Aberdeen. Estimating the impact of Miscanthus cropping on highly organic soils in the UK |
| 1125 |
Dali Rani Nayak, University of Aberdeen. Windfarms on Peatlands: Effect of Management Practices on Carbon Emissions |
| 1150 |
Rupert Hough, Macaulay Institute. Investigating the use of Bayesian Belief Networks to assess the risk of erosion in peatland soils |
| 1215 |
Joanna Clark, Bangor University. Mapping peat vulnerability to climate change to inform policy in the UK |
