Future Use of Peat and Substitutes in Horticulture Bremen 2019

Book of Abstracts

DGMT-IPS Convention Bremen 2019

78 pages

English and German

PROGRAMME

Dr. Andreas Bauerochse, Chair DGMT – Welcome speech

Gerald Schmilewski, President IPS – Welcome speech

Dr. Joachim Blankenburg, Vice-Chair DGMT – Welcome and technical remarks

Prof. Dr. Michael Schulz, Director of the MARUM – Introduction to the MARUM

Silke Kumar, Chair DGMT Section II and Quality Manager MoKuRa, Scharrel, Germany – Growing media yesterday and today

Prof. Dr. Xianmin Meng, Institute for Peat and Mire Research, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China – Present situation and development of the peat industry in China

Paul Short, President of the Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association (CSPMA), Canada – Canadian peatlands: horticulture use in growing media and responsible management of ecosystem services

Erki Niitlaan, Chair of the Estonian Peat Association, Estonia – Long-term responsibility in managing Baltic peatlands

Chris Blok, Researcher at WUR (Wageningen University and Research), The Netherlands – The worldwide need of growing media 2020–2050

Prof. Dr. Jack Rieley, IPS Executive Board Member and Coordinator of the IPS Expert Group ‘Conventions and International Affairs’, United Kingdom – International, regional and national peat policies: challenges for peat industry

Juha Mäkinen, CEO Kekkilä-BVB Oy, Finland – Kekkilä-BVB: sustainable growing solutions for international markets

Hannu Salo, Coordinator of the IPS Expert Group ‘Growing Media and Energy Peat’, Finland – Peat uses in Europe: results of an IPS survey

Stefaan Vandaele, Chair of Growing Media Europe AISL, Brussels, Belgium – Growing media: a challenge towards a sustainable future

Dr. Jan Köbbing, Head of Sustainability Management, Klasmann-Deilmann GmbH, Geeste, Germany – Alternatives to peat in growing media in the context of international markets

Dr. Thomas Schmidt, Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL), Berlin – The peat reduction strategy of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture

Dr. Arne Hückstädt, Coordinator of the Dept. Growing Media, Potting Soils, Constituents in the Industrieverband Garten, Düsseldorf, Germany – Growing media: what is the pathway in Germany from an industry point of view?

Prof. Dr. Elke Meinken, University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Germany – Approaches using sustainable raw materials for growing media

Bernd Hofer, Chair of IPS Commission ‘Peatlands and Environment’ and Business Manager Hofer & Pautz GbR, Altenberge, Germany – National and global challenges for the peat industry

Discussion session: Economy meets environment and society – Topics: peat certification (RPP and Verflora), Availability and quality of growing media constituents, Do we still need peat?, Symposium wrap up

Erki Niitlaan – Introduction to the 16th International Peatland Congress: Peat and Peatlands – Source of Ecosystem Services, Tallinn, Estonia, 14–20 June 2020

Prof. Dr. Xianmin Meng – Introduction to the International Symposium on Growing Media and Quality of Life in Qingdao, China, September 16–21, 2019

Silke Kumar and Gabriele Gramann – Introduction to the excursions on May 15th