Protecting peatlands
Described as the ‘Cinderella habitat’, peatlands have long been uncared for, unappreciated and abused and, in the UK, only around 20% of peatlands remain in a near-natural state.
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Sustainable management
Fully functioning, healthy peatlands with complex biodiversity can provide a multitude of different opportunities for farming, sporting or recreation.
About Peatlands
Find out more about peatlands including what they are and why they are important.
New guidance for wetter farming on peatlands
The IUCN UK Peatland Programme’s latest briefing, ‘Principles for Sustainable Peatland Paludiculture’, sets out to ensure the multiple benefits of peatlands are realised when managing different…
Peat-free products - protecting peatlands, climate, gardening, pot-plants & salad
An Innovate UK project demonstrated success using sustainably sourced Sphagnum (from BeadaMoss®), with commercial-scale trials starting this year. Government funding support to further develop new…
Global Peatlands Initiative project: State of the Worlds Peatlands
Global Peatlands Initiative (GPI) launches its Global Peatlands Assessment - The State of the World’s Peatlands - at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) taking place…
Cairngorms Peatlands flying high
Restoration management is underway again in the Cairngorms National Park supported by Peatland ACTION after the delays due to the global pandemic.
Peatlands and the climate emergency
2019 has seen all four devolved governments across the UK declare a climate emergency.
Threats to peatlands
Described as the ‘Cinderella habitat’, peatlands have long been uncared for, unappreciated and abused and, in the UK, only around 20% of peatlands remain in a near-natural state.
Peat restoration and natural flood management
The Upland Environments Research Unit at the University of Manchester has been working closely with Moors for the Future Partnership over the last decade to produce an empirically grounded…
The importance of peatlands in protecting urban areas in a warming world
Greater Manchester chosen as a global Resilience Hub for its policy and advocacy work on climate and disaster risk reduction by the Making Cities Resilient 2030 initiative.
Sphagnum is a key ingredient of natural flood management
In 2008 iCASP published research that showed how water running over Sphagnum on blanket peatlands moved much more slowly (often ten times slower) than water running through sedges or bare peat.…