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£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.
October update: Moors for Future Partnership
October 20, 2016
Environment Agency explore flood risk management potential in South Pennines SAC
Earlier this month the Moors for the Future team hosted a visit from the Environment Agency Yorkshire team.
They were looking at flood risk management potential offered by blanket bog restoration work.
Nature survey launched to track the pace of autumn
October 18, 2016
A major citizen science study is being launched in the Peak District and South Pennines area to gather information about the arrival of autumn.
The Community Science project – set up by the Moors for the Future Partnership and supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund – is asking people to record signs of autumn in a bid to track the effects of climate change on the natural world.
World leading scientists disagree with message from IPC Congress
October 17, 2016
A number of the world's leading researchers and practitioners have come together to publish a letter in Global Change Biology to correct statements from the 16th International Peat Congress held in Kuching this summer, which supported the view that agricultural practices, such as oil palm plantations, on peatlands did not have a negative effect on the environment. The article has 139 authors, representing 115 government, academic, industry and non-governmental organisations from 20 countries.
Citizen science project shows remarkable moorland recovery
September 22, 2016
Four years of dedicated events and training has helped develop a new understanding of the peat-forming bog mosses of the Peak District and South Pennines moorlands.
IMCG Field Syposium in SE Asia
September 22, 2016
This August, the International Mires & Conservation Group (IMCG) Field Symposium was held in Borneo and peninsular Malaysia and was attended by Rob Stoneman and Joanna Richards from the IUCN UK Peatland Programme. The 10-day trip was led by the Global Environment Centre team, who are locally active, and visited several tropical peat swamps across Sarawak, Sabah, Brunei and peninsular Malaysia.
Uncertainty and opportunity ahead: peatlands post-Brexit
September 22, 2016
The fantastic outcome of a peatland resolution from the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii reminds us of the global imperative to protect and enhance our peatlands. Decades of peatland restoration work in the UK has gained international recognition and we are seen to be leading the way for other peatland nations. Whilst pausing for a pat on the back we must also focus on putting in place a lasting framework to protect, enhance and sustainably manage our peatlands so that we can continue to provide an example.
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New brief highlights the importance of peatland rewetting for wildfire resilienceThe IUCN UK Peatland Programme's latest publication explores recent evidence from the UK and North…
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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Largest ever gathering of UK peatland experts to celebrate ‘Peatlands, People and Nature’ in the Cairngorms National ParkAviemore in the Cairngorms National Park is to play host to the UK’s largest gathering of peatland…
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