The Labour Party has pledged to introduce a comprehensive land use strategy should it assume power in the upcoming general election. The announcement, featured in the Labour Climate and Environment Forum’s Climate, Justice and Jobs essay collection, outlines the pledge as part of the party’s vision to foster green prosperity throughout […]
Scottish Water has confirmed to Wild Moors that its future will be burning-free to help protect fragile peatlands across its water catchments for the benefit of nature and the climate. The utility company has notified its grouse shooting tenants that no new agreements for burning will be issued and asked that […]
As the burning season opens today thousands of fires will soon be started on the UK’s fragile peatland carbon stores – for grouse shooting. Calls to stop swathes of the UK’s iconic heather hills from being deliberately set ablaze have intensified as the grouse moor burning season officially begins. Between 1 […]
An iconic nature reserve in the Peak District has been granted fresh protection in a bid to help tackle the climate and nature crises. Kinder Scout, which is located at the highest point of the national park, has been extended by one quarter. The National Trust, which cares for the site, […]
A new analysis has shown that restored upland peatlands could be worth more than four times the economic value of grouse shooting.
