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The IUCN UK Peatland Programme exists to promote peatland restoration in the UK and advocates the multiple benefits of peatlands through partnerships, strong science, sound policy and effective practice.
Our vision is one of healthy, wildlife-rich peatlands in the UK that provide multiple benefits for people. We want peatlands in the UK to function to their full potential and to ensure that there is no further loss of peatland ecosystems, providing cost-effective solutions for climate change, water and biodiversity. Investment in peatland restoration is needed now, securing the benefits they provide and avoiding the costly consequences of their deterioration.
Scorched Alpine Sedge. Credit: Torre Jorgensen.
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Peatland Code
A voluntary standard for UK peatland projects wishing to market the climate benefit of restoration.
Sculptor Owen Phillips with his fixed-point photography post on Marsden Moor. Credit Nick Singleton
Latest publications
Latest news and blog posts
New briefing highlights complexity of UK peatland habitats and calls for comprehensive descriptions
The IUCN UK Peatland Programme has launched a new briefing “UK Peatland Habitats: From broad definitions to contextual descriptions”…
Remembering Stuart Brooks: A Champion for Peatlands
It is with great sadness we mourn the loss of Stuart Brooks, Co-Chair of the IUCN UK Peatland Programme, peatland champion and committed…
Why treating all peatlands as 'replaceable' risks Welsh climate and nature ambitions: an IUCN UK PP response to Renewables UK
The IUCN UK Peatland Programme have issued a response to Renewables UK Cymru and the authors of a peatland position statement, released…
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