Travel company Newmarket Holidays has emerged as a key supporter of peatland restoration in the North Pennines, contributing ...

Nature-rich peatland habitats are to be better protected under plans set out by the UK Government. Under the proposals, the ...

The Brazilian rainforest is thought of as the world’s greatest “carbon sink”, yet our wet Irish peatlands store four times as ...

Government proposes stricter heather burning restrictions, despite research showing controlled burns benefit carbon ...

A blanket bog, home to two rare and protected birds, the merlin and the hen harrier, is being successfully rewetted to ...

Healthy peat is the country's biggest carbon store but when damaged it releases planet-warming greenhouse gases back into the ...

In the project, a blanket bog - home to two rare and protected birds, the merlin and hen harrier - is being rewetted to ...

A key step in restoring the Humberhead Peatlands NNR is to ensure all bare peat is covered with peat forming vegetation. The ...

A project involving rewetting sections of a blanket bog near Mullagh in west Clare is aiming to boost biodiversity in the ...

“ Burning kills the species that rely on precious peatlands – from rare bog-mosses and moorland birds to dragonflies and ...

A ban preventing the burning of heather and other vegetation across swathes of peatland will be expanded under Government plans. The Environment Department (Defra) said it will consult on increasing ...