Acknowledgements
The inaugural Venice Agreement gathering in Venice, Italy (2022), and the accompanying global on-the-ground workshops were organised by Antonieta Eguren, Camila Marambio, Fernanda Olivares, and Nicole Püschel with Ensayos, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Chile, and the Michael Succow Foundation, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre. This gathering was made possible through the generous support of Stiftung Zukunft Jetzt!, Hartwig Behrendt Stiftung Zukunft, the Global Peatlands Initiative led by UN Environment, TBA21 Ocean Space, and the Office of Contemporary Art Norway, with special thanks to We Are Here Venice.
The 2024 gathering in Torres Vedras, Portugal, and the accompanying global underground workshops were organised by Antonieta Eguren, Camila Marambio, Nicole Püschel, and Suza Husse in collaboration with W-U-Replay, Ensayos, WCS Chile, and Sensing Peat at the Michael Succow Foundation, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre. This gathering was made possible with the support of the Andrea von Braun Foundation, the Torres Vedras Municipality, and the Centre for Geographical Studies of the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon.
The 2026 gathering in Kisumu, Kenya, and the accompanying global underground workshops are organised by the VA Organising Committee – Antonieta Eguren, Camila Marambio, Caroline Vitzthum, Cisca Devereux, Fernanda Olivares, Leonard Akwany, Miguel Geraldes, Nicole Püschel, and Suza Husse – together with Ecofinder, RE-PEAT, WCS Chile, Sensing Peat at Michael Succow Foundation (MSF), partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, HachSaye, W-U-Replay, and the Global Peatlands Initiative (GPI). This gathering is made possible with the support of the Andrea von Braun Foundation, GPI/United Nations Environment Programme, the Peat4People consortium (GIZ, FAO, MSF), IUCN UK Peatland Programme, and TBA21 Academy Ocean Space.
Organising Committee (since 2024) and collaborating organisations
Antonieta Eguren (WCS Chile), Camila Marambio (Para la Naturaleza), Caroline Vitzthum (RE-PEAT), Cisca Devereux (RE-PEAT, Global Peatlands Initiative), Fernanda Olivares (HachSaye), Leonard Akwany (Ecofinder Kenya), Miguel Geraldes (W-U-Replay), Nicole Püschel (WCS Chile), Suza Husse (Sensing Peat at Michael Succow Foundation & partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre)
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