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InternationalMoorExcursion (IME;http://www.botany.un ibe.ch/imoorex) is an annual scientific symposium with a long tradition. The conference has been organized continuously for 42 years, initiated and conveyed by Palaeoecology Group of the University of Bern (Switzerland) in cooperation with local organisers. The underlying aim is to discuss recent palaeoecological records from a chosen region together with palaeoecologists from different parts of the world. During the field excursion, recently studied peatlands and lakes are visited and the results of investigations are presented and discussed. Discussion and feedback is really important for the organizers and their future studies. 42nd IME in 2018 took place on 1-7th of September and was organized by the staff of the Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Monitoring and Department of Biogeography and Palaeoecology of the AdamMickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland) (http://zbip-lwem.home.amu.edu.pl), andwas the third IME in Poland former were held in 2001 (NW and W Poland) and 2011 (NE Poland). This time the excursion was entitled: “Combining multi-proxy palaeoecology with natural and manipulative experiments”. During one-week trip participants visited 15 peatlands and lakes and three global change experiments. This year participants (Figure 1) came from 13 countries (Austria, China, France,Germany, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Switzerland) and represented a wide range of palaeoecological expertise from lakes and peatland archives.