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.
Tony West
Wildfires pose a serious risk to our precious peatlands, the wonderful wildlife that calls them home, and the people that love them.
How much do you know about our region's peatlands? Test your knowledge of these superhero habitats with our latest wildlife quiz.
Growing up I never thought I would be able to spend much time on our astonishing mosslands, between Wigan and Salford.
From restoring internationally important mosslands to monitoring rare wildlife and helping tackle climate change, Lancashire Wildlife Trust's Peatland Team is working at the forefront of…
Peatlands - boggy desolate wastelands, or climate change crushing, biodiversity boosting, flood fighting, super habitats?
Over £1.5 million secured for the restoration of irreplaceable peatlands in the North West.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.