The proposals which are out for public consultation could mean that an extra 146,000 hectares (ha) of upland peat areas will be protected from burning, leading to 368,000 ha in total to be protected.

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

Chelsea Flower Show organisers have rowed back on a pledge to make the event peat-free by the end of this year, blaming a ...

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

Photosynthesising microbes in soil may increase their activity as temperatures rise, offsetting some of the carbon emissions ...

Gold mining in Madre de Dios, Peru, is destroying rare peatland swamps that serve as critical carbon sinks, a new study found ...

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 ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A former 'ghost distillery' and a vast area of bog peatland in Scotland have been named in TIME's list of the world’s greatest places of 2025.

However, climate change — along with humans lending a very active hand — has led to widespread peatland degradation, particularly in lowland areas. The discovery that new peatlands are forming ...

JBPM director-general Datuk Nor Hisham Mohammad said this measure aims to prevent the fire from spreading to the peatland, which could produce thick smoke and negatively impact nearby residents. He ...

An Irish government-backed non-profit has launched a voluntary standard for generating ecosystem certificates from peatland with biodiversity, carbon, and wildfire reduction benefits. An Irish ...