peatland

Peatlands and native woodlands are best for carbon storage

26.04.2021

Laura Edgar

carbon | Climate Change | England | Environmental | Natural England | peatland | Policy & Politics | saltmarsh | The Woodland Trust | UK | Woodland

Peatlands and native UK woodlands have the greatest capacity to store carbon, according to research by Natural England.
Scotland round-up: Chief planner highlights housing land and local place plans, Scottish Government partners with RTPI on digital planning

26.03.2021

Roger Milne

Elgin | land use | low carbon | peatland | Policy & Politics | Scotland

A round-up of planning news in Scotand: 20 March-26 March, 2021
£22m for peatland restoration in Scotland

24.03.2021

Laura Edgar

carbon emissions | Ecosystem restoration | Environmental | net zero | peatland | restoration | Scotland | Scottish Government

The Scottish Government has announced a £22 million funding package as part of its peatland restoration programme.
Scottish biodiversity strategy shapes up

17.12.2020

Roger Milne

biodiversity | Climate Change | Environmental | nature | peatland | Scotland | Scottish Government | trees | Water & Marine

Plans to protect at least 30 per cent of Scotland’s land for nature by 2030 – and to examine options to extend this further – were announced this week by Scottish environment secretary Roseanna Cunningham.
Wales round-up: Major housing scheme approved for Ebbw Vale again; Battery project rules out Vale of Glamorgan site

04.12.2020

Roger Milne

Cymru | ebbw vale | Flintshire | Housing | Newport | peatland | Solar park | Welsh Government

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 28 November-4 December, 2020
Irish coalition hits the ground running with first carbon laws

23.07.2020

Roger Milne

Climate Change | climate crisis | decarbonisation | Environmental | Heritage | Ireland | Irish government | peatland | Policy & Politics

The first legislation in the new Irish Government’s drive to decarbonise the economy has been passed by the Dáil and Seanad.
Climate and nature recovery should be addressed as one, report suggests

24.06.2020

Laura Edgar

Climate Change | climate crisis | Environmental | landscape restoration | nature | nature crisis | peatland | saltmarsh | the wildlife trusts | UK

Restoring degraded habitats would see them absorb a third of the UK’s carbon emissions, suggests a report, as a wildlife charity insists that the climate and nature crises should be tackled together as one.
Budget 2020: Government vows to increase tree planting and establish carbon storage sites

11.03.2020

Laura Edgar

Budget 2020 | Climate Change | Environmental | peatland | trees | UK

The government will plant enough trees to ‘cover an area the size of Birmingham’, according to chancellor Rishi Sunak, as he outlined his first Budget.