Cairngorms Peatlands flying high
Restoration management is underway again in the Cairngorms National Park supported by Peatland ACTION after the delays due to the global pandemic.
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Unlocking contractor capacity to lock up carbon in the Cairngorms
The Cairngorms National Park Authority’s (CNPA) Peatland ACTION Officers have facilitated over 2,140 hectares of peatland restoration since 2014, but these efforts need to be scaled up to address…
Drain (grip) blocking in the Cairngorms National Park
Quick and effective technique - combined wave damming and zipper re-profiling - produces high frequency of dams along grips.
Nature’s recovery can create 7,000 new jobs in Scotland
New research from leading Scottish environment charities shows that backing their plan for nature’s recovery could create up to 7,000 new jobs, contributing to Scotland’s economic recovery from…
Peatland ACTION scoops double success
Peatland ACTION a winning formula. A Scottish Government-funded programme that offers landowners, farmers and crofters 100% funding and support to restore their damaged peatlands has won the…
Largest ever gathering of UK peatland experts to celebrate ‘Peatlands, People and Nature’ in the Cairngorms National Park
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…
National Peatland Plan Welcomed
IUCN UK Peatland Programme along with other environmental organisations welcomed the publication of the Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) National Peatland Plan – the consultation on the future of…
Peat restoration and natural flood management
The Upland Environments Research Unit at the University of Manchester has been working closely with Moors for the Future Partnership over the last decade to produce an empirically grounded…
Scotland’s Peatland ACTION programme hits record restoration milestone
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…
Scottish Wildlife Trust new report on the state of Scotland's raised bogs
Findings from SWT survey during 2010/11 of 58 Scottish lowland raised bogs and analysis of change since 1994/1995 reinforce the need for active restoration to counteract past damage and to bring…
Langlands Moss Restoration works underway
Peatland restoration underway to help restore Local Nature Reserve - Langlands Moss and surrounding woodland habitats.
United Nations recognizes major Irish Peatland Restoration initiative
Dianna Kopansky of the United Nations Environment Programme has recognised the initiative led by Bord na Móna (Irish Peat Board) to restore damaged peatlands as part of an overall plan to restore…