How to plant a tree
Wildlife Activities

One of the best ways to reduce your carbon footprint and encourage wildlife into your garden is by planting trees. Trees are used by many different types of wildlife as…

Beautiful bogs comPEAT for the limelight
News

Peatland Programme website at www.iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/compeat. The conference, ‘Investing in Peatlands – the Climate Challenge’, will form a platform for exchange and discussion between scientists, landowners and managers and policy advisers….

Cinderella Habitat Will Go to the Ball
News

…and the draft reviews are now available on the IUCN UK Peatland Programme’s website at http://www.iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/commission. Dr Steve Chapman, Scientific Co-ordinator of the Programme’s Commission of Inquiry into Peatland Restoration…

Big plans for 2013: the Year of Natural Scotland
News

…present and future generations. The Trust will be making the famous Red Moss of Balerno in Edinburgh completely wheelchair accessible by upgrading the boardwalk around the peat bog, improving its…

Grow your own oak tree
Learning Resources

…Price What you will need: Acorns A bowl Water A plant pot (or a clean, used, large yoghurt pot or ice cream tub) Stones or gravel Soil or peat-free compost…

Bogs open to the public
News

peatlands in Scotland, an extremely rare wildlife habitat which is home to many species that are found nowhere else. Peatlands are in decline as peat has been extracted for commercial…

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