This groundbreaking project, titled “Improving Falkland Peatland GHG Data: Understanding Carbon Sequestration and Offsetting Feasibility,” aims to not only address environmental concerns but ...

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 ...

Organic matter from degraded peat can discolour the water which runs into Loch Katrine Hundreds of hectares of peatland is being restored in a project which aims to prevent Glasgow's tap water ...

Work has started to restore a new 526-hectare (1,300 acre) area of peatland on Kinder Scout in Derbyshire, the site of the famous mass trespass of 1932 that is now cared for by the National Trust.

Gold mining in Madre de Dios, Peru, is destroying rare peatland swamps that serve as critical carbon sinks, a new study found. The study, published in Environmental Research Letters, used 35 years ...

According to Defra, the UK has 13 per cent of the world’s blanket bog, but 80 per cent of its peatland is now degraded. Over the past 200 years, since driven grouse shooting became a gentleman’s ...

“The main cause of the species’ historic decline in England has been habitat loss and degradation as a result of the drainage of their peatland sites to make the land suitable for agriculture ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A travel company has thrown its weight behind North Pennines peatland restoration efforts. Newmarket Holidays has so far donated £40,000 to ...