{"id":3795,"date":"2025-01-29T15:27:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T15:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/?post_type=event&#038;p=3795"},"modified":"2025-01-29T15:27:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T15:27:17","slug":"power-of-peatlands-talk-at-wild-nephin-national-park","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/ga\/event\/power-of-peatlands-talk-at-wild-nephin-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Power of Peatlands Talk at Wild Nephin National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3796 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Wild-Nephin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Wild-Nephin.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Wild-Nephin-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Wild-Nephin-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Wild-Nephin-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Wild-Nephin-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Wild-Nephin-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Wild-Nephin-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Wild-Nephin-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Wild-Nephin-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Protecting Wetlands for our Common Future &#8211;<\/strong>The Owenduff Bog Complex Ramsar Site is one of the last intact active blanket bog systems in Ireland and Western Europe. 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