Our precious peatlands
Matthew Snelling, Peatland Restoration Officer for the Yorkshire Peat Partnership, introduces the wonderful world of peatlands, one of our most precious habitats.
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Precious Peatlands
Peatlands are one of our most important habitats, providing homes for rare wildlife and locking up carbon, helping us tackle climate change. But in the UK over 80% are damaged. Partly due to our use of peat as a compost and using it to grow products such as house plants and mushrooms. The Wildlife Trusts are campaigning to keep peat in bogs and not bags.
Peatlands - examples of our work
Examples of the Wildlife Trusts peatland conservation work.
South Notts Group Talk: Restoring Our Peatlands
This link will open on the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust website.
Peatlands are hugely important to our climate, but sadly are under threat. Izabella Donohue explains how, and what's being done about it.
Peatland solutions
The UK’s peatland soils store around 3.2 billion tonnes of carbon, but are heavily degraded and release the equivalent of 23 million tonnes of CO2 every year. Restored peatlands can capture more carbon, reduce flooding, clean our water, and allow wildlife to thrive.
Slicing through the north west peatlands: A spotlight on HS2
Current plans for HS2 will slice a line through the north west peatlands, creating a barrier to a recovery network. Alan Wright, from the Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North…
Peatland Practical Volunteer
This link will open on the Lancashire Wildlife Trust website.
We are looking for volunteers to join our weekly practical teams and help to conserve our peatland sites in Greater Manchester.
During the Spring and Summer months we carry out species…
Peatland restoration in Northumberland
Peatland restoration in Northumberland
Government inertia on peatlands risks international embarrassment
Two-year delay to England peat strategy as damage continues to vital carbon stores.
Spring 2020 magazine UK News
Updates from the Wildlife Trusts
The Wildlife Trusts are restoring an enormous 60,000 hectares of peatlands – but it’s missing from UK Government’s net zero numbers
The Wildlife Trusts and University of Oxford have been working together to take a deeper look at how much peatland restoration is happening across our network of local Wildlife Trusts and what…
Great news for Gwent Levels as motorway plans scrapped
The Welsh Government has shown its commitment to a wilder future today, after rejecting plans to build an M4 relief road across the Gwent Levels.