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Snap up a top prize in Moors for the Future photo competition
November 3, 2016
Amateur photographers are being encouraged to enter a national photography competition to be in with a chance of winning a digital camera or a high resolution bird box camera system.
The competition is organised by the Community Science team at the Moors for the Future Partnership in the Peak District National Park.
This year the theme is 'Water in the Uplands' and entries are invited in two categories: Adults, and age 15 or under.
Job advert: Research and Monitoring Officer
October 30, 2016
Salary: £20,456 - £22,434 p.a.
Location: Edale
Closing date: 30th October
The Moors for the Future Partnership carries out evidence-based conservation land management works to restore and protect the internationally important moorland areas within the Peak District and South Pennines. This work is supported by an exciting multidisciplinary programme of research and monitoring that covers the key ecosystem services delivered by these moorlands.
Job advert: Peatland Monitoring Officer
October 24, 2016
Salary: £24,500 p.a. plus upto 9% employer pension contribution
Closing date: Monday 24th October 2016
Location: Skipton
Job ref: 3.1.289
Do you Love Yorkshire, Love Wildlife? Are you as committed as we are to creating a Yorkshire rich in wildlife for everyone? Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is one of the UK’s fastest growing environmental organisations and seek to appoint a Peatland Monitoring Officer based at their Skipton office.
Fragile moorland in the Peak District National Park protected for future generations
October 21, 2016
New footpath lets walkers follow in the footsteps of the past
Rossendale stone quarried from the uplands of the south Pennines during the industrial revolution has returned to protect eroded areas of the Peak District National Park.
Update: Langlands Moss LNR Fundraising Appeal and Annual Event
October 20, 2016
At the end of May, the plastic boardwalk at Langlands Moss LNR was seriously damaged when persons unknown placed an accelerant in the centre of the boardwalk and then lit it. This resulted in 50 metres of boardwalk being seriously damaged. Although the site is owned by South Lanarkshire Council, a local voluntary group work with SLC Countryside and Greenspace to manage the area. This group had raised the £100,000 a few years ago and were very upset at the needless damage and reduced access for all Moss users.
Rangers and wardens reunited on the Peak District’s highest hill to celebrate more than thirty years of conservation work
October 20, 2016
Earlier this month, retired National Trust wardens and rangers reunited on Kinder Scout to celebrate the achievements over the last three decades since Kinder Scout, the highest point in the Peak District, came into the hands of the Trust.
Kinder Project Officer, Tom Harman, who joined them on their hike up Kinder Scout, said: “It was a good day to look at the challenges that have faced the charity over the last 30 years."
£5million windfall for Marches Mosses
October 20, 2016
The Marches Mosses BogLIFE Project, Natural England’s largest European-funded LIFE project of its kind to date, has just been approved. From this October, Britain’s third largest lowland raised bog, which includes Fenn’s, Whixall & Bettisfield Mosses, and Wem Moss National Nature Reserves, near Whitchurch and Wrexham, will see a step change in its rate of restoration back to being one of Europe’s finest wildlife sites. This funding is not only great news for internationally important bog plants and animals, but for people who will be able to enjoy the beauty of this unique landscape.
Announcing Peat-Fest South-West 2025 – a celebration of our peatland connectionsThe Art and Energy Collective has been awarded a grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to…
National Policy Statements public consultationOpportunity to contribute to public consultation on National Policy Statements to support Clean…
Public consultation on heather and grass burning regulations in EnglandThe IUCN UK Peatland Programme has responded to Defra’s proposal to protect a greater extent of…
New Peat Map for EnglandThis week Natural England published the much anticipated England Peat Map which highlights the…
Peatland motion headed to World Conservation Congress for considerationThe IUCN UK Peatland Programme-led motion to develop a unified definition of peatlands has…
A collection of three Natural England reports marks a step change for English peatlandsWe summarise three new reports from Natural England which have important implications for English…
New publication: Tracks and roads on peatlandsThe IUCN UK Peatland Programme are pleased to publish our latest brief focusing on the impacts of…
Funding announced for greenhouse gas reduction solutions on peatlandsThe UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology is seeking proposals for projects up to £75,000 to advance…
Committee on Climate Change (CCC) 7th Carbon Budget Report - a response from IUCN UK Peatland ProgrammeThe IUCN UK Peatland Programme welcomes this week the publication of the Committee on Climate…
New species showcase - Water voleContinuing the spotlight on peatland biodiversity, our first Species Showcase of 2025 is the Water…
Adoption of University of Cumbria PhD student’s carbon calculator brings national and international significanceThis week University of Cumbria and Barker and Bland Ltd.’s innovative carbon calculator has been…
CiVTech innovators leading drive for advances within Peatland and Woodland Carbon CodesBringing efficiences to the Peatland Code and Woodland Carbon Code is the focus for three…