Aviemore in the Cairngorms National Park is to play host to the UK’s largest gathering of peatland experts at the annual IUCN UK Peatland Programme Conference at the Macdonald Aviemore Resort from…

The full programme for the IUCN UK Peatland Programme 2024 conference ‘Peatlands, People and Nature’ is now available on the events page of our website.

Ideas are being invited for the CivTech programme, including a call for ideas to help the Peatland Code and Woodland Carbon Code.

From 1 November 2024, the fees charged to issue and convert units on the UK Land Carbon Registry are changing.

Flow Country, a large expanse of blanket bog in the north of Scotland, had been inscribed as the world’s first World Heritage Site peatland.

Our latest species showcase introduces the large heath butterfly, its association with two iconic peatland species and the restoration and reintroduction efforts bringing this beautiful butterfly…

Can you complete a short survey on the extent to which palaeoecological research is utilised in UK peatland restoration projects? It should take just 10 minutes to complete and will help inform…

The IUCN UK Peatland Programme has launched a new briefing “Peatlands and Methane” that summarises the science around methane emissions from peatlands, and calls for urgent action to rewet drained…

Applications for the new £3million Peatland Challenge Fund to help protect Northern Ireland's peatlands closes on 19 June.

For the first time since the Peatland ACTION programme began, more than 10,000 hectares of damaged peatland has been restored in Scotland over the last year, reducing harmful emissions and…