What do elections in Scotland and Wales mean for legislation?
Elections take over everything. In Scotland and Wales, we’re shifting into a different gear as focus turns to the next government and how to influence incoming policies. It’s time to...
Peat-free Partnership response to the Environmental Improvement Plan
Today the UK Government published their revised Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP). The Government has sidestepped its obligations and flunked defining a firm plan to deliver legislation to end peat sales....
Peatland carbon: are the sums right?
Carbon storage may be the most talked-about feature of our amazing peatland ecosystems. Alongside water management and their unique ecology, peatlands store vast quantities of carbon by preventing the decomposition...
UK Government announces plans to end peat sales
The UK Government has announced that they intend to introduce legislation to end the sale of peat in the Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan published 29 October. This announcement...
RHS doubles down on peat-free retail commitments
Back in March the RHS was the subject of industry complaint when it announced concessions up to 2028 at Flower Shows for growers still transitioning to peat-free. Highlighting the continued...
Silence on legislation stalls peat-free progress
We’ve been waiting a while: but at last, 16 months later than promised, the updated statistics for peat use in the UK horticulture industry have been released. These are the...
Cymru eisiau newid ar echdynnu mawn
English Yr wythnos ddiwethaf fe aethom ni i Gaerdydd ar gyfer y Diwrnod Bioamrywiaeth a noddwyd gan Carolyn Thomas AS. Rydym wedi bod yn siarad am rywogaethau mawndiroedd, o’n mwsoglau...
Wales wants change on peat extraction
Cymraeg Last week we went to Cardiff for the Biodiversity Day sponsored by Carolyn Thomas MS. We’ve been talking all about peatland species, from our bog building Sphagnum mosses to...
What peatlands mean to the people restoring them
Often, nature conservation can feel like a “humans v. nature” debate. When climate change and biodiversity loss is unambiguously driven by anthropogenic activities, that certainly does ring true. But it’s...
The battle between peat restoration and extraction in Northern Ireland
This April, we at the Peat-free Partnership are supporting Ulster Wildlife to raise awareness about peatlands in Northern Ireland. As we push for legislation to end peat sales, we also...