We sometimes receive enquiries around how #PeatlandACTION ’s support and funding can work alongside the IUCN UK Peatlands #PeatlandCode .

To help applicants considering peatland restoration we’ve created a new resource to cover all the frequently asked questions.

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Our Programme Manager Jane Akerman was at Featherbed Moss in the Peak District on Thursday. She helped to monitor Eyes on the Bog rust rods and used Richard Lindsay's condition matrix to assess experimental plots under the GGR-Peat project.

Our Programme Manager Jane Akerman joined Yorkshire Peat Partnership's Eyes on the Bog Gathering yesterday on Ilkley Moor to share & celebrate this brilliant citizen science monitoring initiative & the work of YPP’s dedicated volunteers. Watch this space for more Eyes on the Bog news coming soon.

We were out of our bailiwick today, demonstrating the Eyes on Bog methodology to the good folk of Ilkley (which is apprently much nearer Mordor than the popular song would have you believe).

Bob Speers' latest exhibition, Thin Place, immortalises peat bogs from all over Ireland
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📢 #Peat event!

Don't miss the Fens East Peat Partnership & Natural England monthly lunchtime webinar next Monday 29 April featuring our very own Jane Akerman, Dr Renée (Kerkvliet-)Hermans and Jess Williams talking about some of our latest developments!

Find out more: iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/events/fens-ea…

Our Director & Policy Lead contributed to the UK Government’s POSTnote on ‘Wildlife risks to UK landscapes’ published last week.

Two key issues that they commented on were on #peatland rewetting and prescribed burning.

You can read the full report here: post.parliament.uk/research-brief…

📢 #Peatland PhD!

Don't miss this PhD opportunity with University of Glasgow and National Trust for Scotland to create an environmental and cultural history of Scotland’s upland peatlands!

Find out more 👇
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We're proud and happy to be doing what we can - along with our partners, funders, landowner and managers - to improve habitat for these beautiful birds. Their haunting call is one of the great joys of working in the uplands.
#WorldCurlewDay #GreatNorthBog
📷: Jon Hawkins

It’s official! The Northumberland Peat Partnership (NPP) has now surveyed over 10,000 hectares (12,355 football pitches) of peatland across Northumberland.

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N'land National Park
Tweed Forum
Northumberland County Council
Environment Agency
Forestry England
Northumbrian Water
National Trust

In case you missed it - the recording from our 'Forest to Bog Restoration' webinar is now available on our YouTube channel, exploring case studies from across the UK!

Watch it now 👇

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📢The Peatland Code public consultation for version 2.1 is now open!

We would like to invite you to comment on the draft #PeatlandCode version 2.1.

For more information, to see the draft documents and to contribute your views, follow the link 👇

iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/peatland-code-…

On Tuesday, our Director Emma Hinchliffe visited land managed by Borders Forest Trust that encompassed the Carrifran Wildwood project within the valley and #peatland restoration on the hill tops. The visit was facilitated by National Trust, following their 'Trees & #Peat ' webinar.

📢Are you a #peatland site manager or restoration practitioner? Then we need your help!

Please give 10 minutes of your time to help us understand how palaeoecological research is utilised in UK peatland restoration projects.

Find out more 👇

iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/news/please-gi…

Our #PeatlandCode Coordinator Dr Renée (Kerkvliet-)Hermans is currently at the third annual WaterLANDS Consortium Meeting in Groningne, the Netherlands, jointly held with the REST-COAST.