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Clifton Bain retires after 14 years

December 12, 2023
After 14 years at the IUCN UK Peatland Programme, our Programme Advisor Clifton Bain, is retiring. IUCN UK PP Co-Chair Rob Stoneman looks back on their time together.

One of the SCO2FLUX peatland emissions monitoring network in Shetland (c) Linda Toca

Interested in developing and validating models of peat depth, condition and water table dynamics?

December 7, 2023
Developing, validating and verifying Peatland Code or other peatland restoration projects can be a challenge! Your help is needed to develop or test peatland tools.

Wemyss and March Estate (c) Swift Films Nature Scot

New training scheme to upskill peatland machine operators

December 1, 2023
Peatland ACTION is piloting a new training scheme to help more people develop the skills to carry out practical peatland restoration.

Draft legislation potentially puts large carbon stores at risk

November 29, 2023
The Wildlife Management & Muirburn Bill is currently passing through the Scottish Parliament and proposes to introduce a stronger regulatory framework for grouse moor management and the practice of muirburn. The IUCN UK PP has highlighted concerns about how peatlands are defined in the Bill: this definition could result in more than half of Scotland’s peatlands, which are valuable carbon stores and important for peatland biodiversity, being not technically considered as ‘peatlands’ under the legislation and thus leaving them vulnerable to further degradation.