Peatland restoration and development projects are taking place across Europe – and we are all working together to make a greater impact. In July 2026, Palus Demos, ForPeat and Wetland4Change joined forces with four major EU-funded sister projects — ALFAWetlands, RESTORE4Cs, REWET and WET HORIZONS – to publish a joint white paper on policy recommendations … Read more
What do farmers think of paludiculture? Is it a sustainable alternative for them – or just a nice idea that doesn’t work for them? At the start of June 2026, the Palus Demos team heard from farmers across Lancashire, some of whom are growing paludiculture crops and some of whom are skeptical about wetter farming. … Read more
This is an extract from an article by Niall Ó Brolcháin (main picture, centre) coordinator of the Horizon Europe Palus Demos project and a research fellow at the University of Galway. Palus Demos, a Horizon Europe project demonstrating large‑scale sphagnum farming on rewetted peatlands, recently welcomed a delegation from the International Peatland Society (IPS) to … Read more
John O’Sullivan is a west of Ireland farmer who needed new ways to keep his family business, Derreighter Farm, viable. For John, paludiculture is a practical response to real pressure — a potential income stream that works with the land rather than against it. Sinéad Grimes of Forum Connemara sees it as something bigger: a … Read more
Paludi4All project publishes new report on EU CAP 2023-2027 support for peatland and paludiculture The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the European Union’s main framework for planning agriculture and rural development. For the 2023–2027 period, around €387 billion is being channelled through national CAP Strategic Plans across the Member States. The current CAP 2023–2027 creates … Read more
Palus Demos is hiring: Independent Ethics Advisor – Freelance/Consultancy Role Palus Demos, a four-year Horizon Europe project investigating the commercial viability of wetlands farming, is seeking an Independent Ethics Advisor on a consultancy basis to support its 26-partner consortium across Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands. About Palus Demos Palus Demos investigates paludiculture, or wetlands … Read more
Here at Palus Demos, we’re all about empowering farmers and industry with the transition to paludiculure. That’s why we work closely with our two sister projects, PaluWise and Paludi4All. PaluWise is using four large-scale demonstration sites to build the evidence base for advanced, production-focused solutions for the sustainable use of rewetted degraded peatlands, while Paludi4All … Read more
Across the world, some peat meadows are subsiding. How can we stop this? Earlier this month, researchers from Palus Demos met at the Palus Demos satellite location in Hegewarren, where related research activities are taking place as part of the overarching Palus Demos project. Adriaan Hellemans, work package (WP) leader for WP1: Developing Paludiculture Demonstrators, … Read more
Across Europe, there’s growing interest in the commercial and environmental benefits of paludiculture. Like any farming, it’s not without its challenges, but artificial intelligence could help unleash paludiculture’s potential. Earlier this year, experts from Ireland, the UK, Netherlands, Lithuania, Belgium, Germany and Finland came together at the fourth RRR (Renewable Resources from Wet and Rewetted … Read more
Paludiculture could become a major part of European farming, and also help to improve water quality. That’s why Euronews recently featured Ballaghurt bog in Co Offaly, one of the key trial sites for Palus Demos, on their ongoing TV series, The Road to Green. The series, hosted by reporter Cyril Fournier, takes viewers across Europe … Read more