Dryhope Farm: First Peatland Code validation awarded
Dryhope: First Peatland Code registered restoration project achieved validation.
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Using the Peatland Code
A guide to how to use the IUCN UK Peatland Programme's Peatland Code to restore your peatland using carbon credits.
Peatland ACTION scoops double success
Peatland ACTION a winning formula. A Scottish Government-funded programme that offers landowners, farmers and crofters 100% funding and support to restore their damaged peatlands has won the…
Wales Peatland Action
The restoration aims for Wales Peatland Action is gathering further momentum as 1650 hectares of peatland are put on the road to restoration in first two years of the programme.
Peatland Code Verification
Find out more about how the Peatland Code verification process works.
Peatland Code
The Peatland Code is a voluntary standard for UK peatland projects wishing to market the climate benefit of restoration.
The Peatland Code provides assurance and clarity for business and other investors in peatland restoration projects through independent validation and verification. The Peatland Code works on the basis that during restoration, carbon savings are made through rapid emissions reductions.
The Peatland Code provides assurance and clarity for business and other investors in peatland restoration projects through independent validation and verification. The Peatland Code works on the basis that during restoration, carbon savings are made through rapid emissions reductions.
Ugie Peatland Partnership and Beam Suntory Landowner event
In February 2023, RSPB as part of the Ugie Peatland Partnership, hosted an event, co-organised and funded by Beam Suntory, to bring together landowners with peatlands in the Ugie catchment.
Dryhope peatland restoration work wins ‘Enhancing our Environment Award’
Dryhope farm in the Yarrow Valley in the Scottish Borders, is part of Philiphaugh Estates which recently won an award (in collaboration with Tweed Forum) at the Scottish Land and Estates ‘Helping…
Peatland Code Project Plan and Restoration Validation
There are two stages of validation in the Peatland Code: Project Plan Validation ideally takes place before restoration has begun and Restoration Validation takes place within 1 year of finishing the initial restoration (the ‘start date’).
South West Peatland Partnership awarded gold by Global Good Awards
The South West Peatland Partnership won a Gold award at the Global Good Awards for their work restoring peatlands across Dartmoor, Exmoor, and Cornwall. This recognition celebrates large-scale…
An update on the Peatland Code
The Peatland Code continues to grow rapidly with 79 projects now registered and 10,300 ha of expected peatland restoration.
Wales’ first carbon-funded peatland restoration project is complete!
A peatland restoration project at Bwlch y Groes on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park is the the first of its kind in Wales to be completed with the benefit of carbon funding, following…