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Wildfires on peatlands
Wildfires pose a serious risk to our precious peatlands, the wonderful wildlife that calls them home, and the people that love them.
The peatlands of my childhood
Growing up I never thought I would be able to spend much time on our astonishing mosslands, between Wigan and Salford.
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Precious peatlands - our superhero habitat
Peatlands - boggy desolate wastelands, or climate change crushing, biodiversity boosting, flood fighting, super habitats?
Restoring the Lancashire Red Rose Peatlands
Over £1.5 million secured for the restoration of irreplaceable peatlands in the North West.
Peatlands: What are they and how did they form?
Lowland peatland habitats are a piece of living history. From the ice age to the present day, let's take a look at how these special habitats formed over 10,000 years ago.
Vital funding secured for the ‘discovery’ of North West’s peatlands
Peatlands across Lancashire, Cumbria and Greater Manchester will be identified and investigated thanks to thousands of pounds of ‘discovery’ funding from the Government’s Nature for Climate…
Save the planet? First we need to save our peatlands
We can’t underestimate the importance of our peatlands – ‘superhero habitats’ that capture carbon and safeguard rare wildlife. But they only do this when healthy, and the stark reality is that…
Peatland restoration
Fashion’s hidden footprint and how peatlands can help
Liv Symes from materials science company Ponda® talks about the devastating impact that fast fashion is having on the planet, and how their innovative Biopuff® material is helping Lancashire…
From Africa to Irlam – nightjars return to Greater Manchester’s peatlands
Evidence suggests that the elusive nightjar has returned to, and possibly bred on one of Manchester’s peatlands for the first time in 20 years.