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£400,000 to help restore Scotland’s peatlands
November 10, 2016
A £400,000 investment in peatlands will help reduce emissions and allow Scotland to build on its ambitious climate change plans, the Climate Change Secretary has said.
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.
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.
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Call for proposals for Water Research Seminar SeriesThe IUCN UK Peatland Programme and the Environment Agency are delighted to announce a series of…
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South West Peatland Partnership awarded gold by Global Good AwardsThe South West Peatland Partnership won a Gold award at the Global Good Awards for their work…
Seeking content for the COP29 Virtual Peatland PavilionThe IUCN UK Peatland Programme and Global Peatlands Initiative are seeking new content for an…
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View the full programme for #PeatConf24 and book your tickets now!The full programme for the IUCN UK Peatland Programme 2024 conference ‘Peatlands, People and Nature…
CivTech challenge invites ideas for Peatland Code and Woodland Carbon CodeProposals are being invited for the Scottish Government's CivTech Challenge 10.6 to use technology…