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Peatlands International

Peatlands International is the member magazine of IPS. It is sent in 2000 - 3000 copies twice annually to all IPS members by post. Additionally, Peatlands International is coverpi22005.jpgdistributed to a number of other stakeholders in peat and peatlands.

The magazine consists of about 50-60 pages with background reports on peat and peatlands, reviews of conferences and books, it publishes research findings, business reports and internal information on the IPS.

If you would like to be among the authors of Peatlands International, please send your material by 30 March / 15 September at the latest to the IPS Secretariat.

Editorial Board

Paul Short, Canada
Juhani Päivänen, Finland
Michael Trepel, Germany
Catherine Farrell, Ireland
Anne Jelle Schilstra, The Netherlands
Lech Szajdak, Poland
Marie Kofod-Hansen, Sweden
Allan Robertson, United Kingdom
Tom Malterer, USA

Subscriptions and orders

You can order Peatlands International in the online shop or subscribe to it by sending an e-mail to the IPS Secretariat for € 25 magazine (€ 50 annually) including mailing costs. All older issues can also still be ordered. All members of IPS receive Peatlands International automatically and for free. 

Advertisements

Peatlands International is partly financed by advertisements. If you are interested in promoting your company or products, please download the Mediakit below and contact the IPS Secretariat as soon as possible. 

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Call for Articles: Peatlands International 1/2010

We invite all IPS members and others dealing with peat and peatlands to submit their research reports, news items, announcements and other articles by 15 March 2010 to the IPS Secretariat. All texts should be written in English and checked by a native speaker, if possible. Photos and other graphics have to be submitted as separate files, including captions and the names of their copyright holders. There are also a few pages left for advertisements, please contact Susann Warnecke if you are interested. The complete instructions for authors and a Media Kit can be found at www.peatsociety.org/index.php?id=55.


Instructions for Authors

We warmly welcome your research reports, review of conferences and similar events, announcements and in-depth stories about all issues related to peat and peatlands for Peatlands International.

If you would like to be among the authors of one of the next issues, please contact the IPS Secretariat as soon as possible, announcing the topic and length of your article. All contributions must be submitted by 15 September / 30 March at the latest.

Please compose your text of max. 2,000 words in MS Word, font Arial 10 pt, single line spacing and without additional formatting. Photos or graphics should be sent separately as high resolution jpg, tif, eps, psd, or pdf files. Please also remember to submit captions for all illustrations as well as the names of their copyright holders (photographers).

To speed up the editing process, we ask all authors to have their papers checked by a native English speaker before submission, wherever possible. The Editorial Board of Peatlands International reserves the right to select, edit and shorten papers, if necessary.

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