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

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

Healthy peatlands can help tackle climate change, reduce flood risk, improve water quality and support rare wildlife.

Researchers measured post-restoration Sphagnum moss layer growth on 18 peatland sites in Finland 10 years after restoration. According to the study, a thick Sphagnum moss layer forms rapidly during ...

In a study published in Restoration Ecology, researchers from the University of Eastern Finland measured post-restoration ...

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

An upland landscape with heather in bloom (File/Emily Beament/PA) A ban preventing the burning of heather and other vegetation across swathes of peatland ... of blanket bog, including the entire ...

Hundreds of hectares of peatland is being restored in a project which aims to prevent Glasgow's tap water turning brown during extreme rain. Loch Katrine, in the heart of Loch Lomond and the ...

A ban preventing the burning of heather and other vegetation across swathes of peatland will be expanded ... country’s 677,250 hectares of blanket bog, including the entire area of upland ...