The IUCN UK Peatland Programme have released a position statement and recommendations on Trees on Peatlands in the UK.
A new video explaining the impacts of draining peatland on carbon emissions, hydrology and peat structure is now available.
A new restoration fund, managed by Natural Resources Wales (NRW), was launched this week in an effort to help safeguard valuable peatlands.
Natural Resources Wales’ senior peatland specialist, Dr Peter Jones, has been awarded an MBE for services to Welsh peatlands and to the community in Wales.
The IUCN UK Peatland Programme welcomes the announcement from Defra this week regarding the ban on the use of burning as a management tool on peat over 30 cm deep within the least favoured area (…
The IUCN UK Peatland Programme has responded to Defra’s proposal to protect a greater extent of peatlands in England from burning.
The government announced plans to bring forward legislation to prevent the burning of heather and other vegetation on protected blanket bog habitats.
Watch part two of the Burning on blanket bog recovery pathways, produced by Richard Lindsay.
