23rd Baltic Peat Producers Forum

Presentations

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• Climate change mitigation potential of cutaway peatland management – case study and synthesis by Aldis Butlers (Researcher/Ph.D, Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava"

• Peat power: at the root of Europe’s resilience by Jesse Schevel (Head of Brussels Office at the Union of Dutch Greenhouse Growers / President of European floriculture at Copa-Cogeca) 

• Canadian Peat: Ideal For Growing. For Generations to Come by Asha Hingorani (President at the Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association)

• Ongoing developments in the European Union and the peat sector by Dace Arāja (Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Latvia, European Union Affairs Division, Counsellor) 

• Progress or pushback – EU peat policy towards 2030 by Sami Tulonen (Founding Partner of Aula Europe)

• Peat in politics – the European perspective by Cecilia Luetgebrune (Secretary General of Growing Media Europe AISBL)  

• Working Together on Responsible After-Use by Maureen Kuenen (Executive officer of Responsibly Produced Peat)

• Looking into the future of the peat industry — what options are on the horizon? by Bernd Hofer (CEO Hofer & Pautz GbR / Chairman of Commission Peatlands and Environment IPS)

• Peat as a strategic raw material in Finland by Pasi Rantonen (Director, BA Peat and New Materials – Neova) 

• Peat industry overview in Sweden by Pia Holmberg (Vice president of The Swedish Peat Association)

• Annual Review of Peat Industry in Lithuania by Giedrius Kavaliauskas (Executive Manager of Growing Media Producers Association (ATGA)) 

• Estonian peat sector - Where are we heading to? by Annika Päsik (CEO of Estonian Peat Association)

• Peat industry in Latvia – where we are today? by Ingrīda Krīgere (Latvian Peat Association, Member of the Board)