European Peatland Strategies workshop - Bonn, Germany
Over 30 representatives from across 12 European countries attended a workshop to examine existing and developing national peatland strategies. IUCN UK Peatland Programme representatives attended…
Over 30 representatives from across 12 European countries attended a workshop to examine existing and developing national peatland strategies. IUCN UK Peatland Programme representatives attended…
We are inviting evidence for all paludiculture sites and all crop types, regardless of their success to help us to fully understand the current paludiculture landscape and seek funding for the…
A new video explaining the impacts of draining peatland on carbon emissions, hydrology and peat structure is now available.
This event was organised by the North Pennines AONB Partnership as part of its Pennine PeatLIFE project. This workshop aimed to focus minds in the nature conservation world on the approaching wave…
In its National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for England, published in July this year, the Environment Agency has recognised the importance of nature-based solutions to store…
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…
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.…
The IUCN UK Peatland Programme launch Peatland Code at the World Forum on Natural Capital
Natural England worked with Wessex Archaeology to create a historic environment peatland ‘toolbox talk’ to act as an introduction to management of archaeological finds when restoring peatlands.…
A new animation explores the hydrological basis of raised bogs, considering what happens to them when they are damaged by drainage, peat cutting or agricultural land-claim, and suggests ways to…
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.