The UK government has revealed new plans to improve the protection of peatlands, focusing on banning heather burning on ...

Extension to ban of burning on deep peat proposed by Government, so that an extra 146,000 hectares are protected Peatlands ...

Natural England has used an AI model to develop a highly detailed map of peatland across the country. It has completed the ...

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But new research reveals that vast areas of the UK's peatlands, including the Flow Country UNESCO World Heritage Site, are likely to be unsuitable for peat accumulation by 2061–80 due to climate ...

Peatlands are incredibly special habitats, made up of highly adapted plant species and home to a range of rare and important wildlife. They absorb carbon from the atmosphere and lock it up in peat.

Peatlands are "terrestrial wetland ecosystems in which waterlogged conditions prevent plant material from fully decomposing," per the International Peatland Society. They are located on every ...