Evidence shows burning peatlands harms nature and climate

Throughout 2024, the Northumberland Peat Partnership (NPP) has taken great strides in surveying and restoring peatlands within the partnership.

Staff at Northumberland Wildlife Trust set their alarm clocks for before sunrise this week to conduct its annual bird survey on one of Britain’s most important upland nature reserves.

Northumberland Wildlife Trust, together with celebrity supporters and forty-five other wildlife trusts, are urging the UK Government to seize a final chance to ban sales of peat products ahead of…

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

Northumberland Wildlife Trust is disappointed with Defra’s confirmation that while some peat-containing products will be banned from shelves in 2027, others will be exempt from a ban until 2030.…

One of the founders of Northumberland Wildlife Trust has been awarded the MBE for services to education and peatland conservation.

40 years of campaigning sees end to the destructive use of precious peat in gardens.

New analysis by The Wildlife Trusts has calculated the shocking impacts of extracting peat for use in horticulture.

Government voluntary target to stop peat compost sales was missed in 2020.