A leading nature restoration organisation has welcomed support from Labour for a community right to buy scheme in England.
Climate Change Committee calls for major land use change to deliver carbon net-zero
The Government’s independent advisor on climate change has called for a comprehensive land use strategy to help tackle climate change. The Climate Change Committee warns in its newly-released Progress Report to Parliament that there is a high risk of the UK not achieving net-zero without widescale land use change, which includes […]
Peatland restoration value hits £470m, outpacing grouse shooting as an income source for landowners
A new analysis has shown that restored upland peatlands could be worth more than four times the economic value of grouse shooting.
Yorkshire Water to review the future of game bird shooting on Thornton Moor
Yorkshire Water is set to decide the future of a controversial game bird shooting arrangement on its land at Thornton Moor. The review will consider whether to continue allowing the shooting of grouse and partridge for sport on the popular moorland next to Ogden Water Nature Reserve, near Halifax, when the […]
Shocking new statistics show over 1,200 fires set in England’s nature sites by grouse moors
New figures showing the appalling scale of grouse moors setting fire to some of England’s most protected nature sites have been released today by the conservation campaigning organisation Wild Moors.Between October 2021 and April 2022, there were 1,203 reported incidents of grouse moors burning on carbon-rich peatlands to cultivate younger, more […]