Scottish Budget 2020-21
The Scottish Government announces £20 million for peatland restoration and a commitment to invest £250 million over the next ten years.
The Scottish Government announces £20 million for peatland restoration and a commitment to invest £250 million over the next ten years.
Quick and effective technique - combined wave damming and zipper re-profiling - produces high frequency of dams along grips.
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…
ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) have completed 1267ha of deforested bog restoration using their “ground smoothing” technique, and 535ha of drain damming using their “wave damming” peat dam…
IUCN UK Peatland Programme Adviser, Clifton Bain has been awarded a Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS) Honorary Fellowship.
Peatland ACTION is piloting a new training scheme to help more people develop the skills to carry out practical peatland restoration.
The Scottish Government announces Peatland ACTION funding for 2022 - 2023 is now open for applications.
Peatlands can come in a range of sizes from small pockets in the landscape to vast expanses of blanket bog, it’s not always easy to monitor their condition. Researchers from The James Hutton…
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…
The Peatland Code now has 48 Projects registered with a total of almost 8000 ha of peatland restoration. Find out more and watch presentation delivered at the Scottish Forum on National Capital…
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…
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.