Europe

Zombie fires are ravaging peatlands in France

When Napoleon III ordered the draining of the peatlands of south-west France in 1857 (Cuzacq, 1877), he had no idea that

How countries can tackle devastating peatland wildfires

Today, a major wildfire in France has destroyed thousands of hectares of forest and forced many people to flee their

LIFE Peat Restore publishes Handbook for Assessment of GHG emissions from peatlands

LIFE Peat Restore has published a handbook sharing findings from its restoration projects across Europe. The LIFE Peat

New technique to boost North Pennines peatland restoration

A peatland restoration technique that has not previously been used in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural

Germany has published its first-ever National Peatland Protection Strategy

For long time peatlands have been an important neglected piece of the climate puzzle but the recently release National

England Peat Action Plan: a step closer to global change in the management of peatlands

May 2021 marked a milestone in the protection of England peatlands. Peatlands are iconic features that characterize