Mr Richard Lindsay

Richard has undertaken research across a wide range of peatland-related issues and for an equally wide range of bodies and interest groups.  He has provided the scientific basis underpinning several Public Inquiries and legal cases involving peatlands, both in the UK and abroad - his work in Ireland led to a favourable ruling by the European Court of Justice.  In his former role as Senior Peatland Specialist for the Nature Conservancy Council, he was also responsible for leading the team that surveyed and reported on the global significance of the Flow Country in northern Scotland - now a candidate World Heritage Site - while survey work he has carried out in Australia has also led to formerly-overlooked peatland systems being considered for inclusion within the Fraser Island World Heritage Site.  He has also undertaken peatland surveys and advised on peatland conservation issues across the world, from Tierra del Fuego to Japan.  His current research areas include the use of VR in peatland training, and the development of a new form of wetland agriculture for drained wetland soils, formally termed 'paludiculture'.