Jessica FìOR-BERRY

I am the Policy Lead at the IUCN UK Peatland Programme. I have a PhD from the University of Leeds (supervised by Prof. Joseph Holden and Dr. Richard Grayson), where I studied the impacts of track removal from blanket bog in the North Pennines of England. I have worked on protected sites monitoring and restoration, and have an interest in agricultural policy as it relates to environmental outcomes, particulary concerning peatlands. I am also interested in how we define peatlands and peat soils, and was a co-author on the motion (003) for WCC 2025 on peatland definitions. 

I have undertaken significant amounts of field work on peatlands across the UK and have been fortunate to contribute to long term monitoring projects in the Flow Country of Caithness and Sutherland in Scotland, along with supporting on monitoring habitats and species in the floristically important Upper Teesdale area of the North Pennines in England.

I am a member of the International Mire Conservation Group. I am also a keen botanist and member of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.