Conservationists work to restore England and protect damaged peatlands

Conservationists across England are restoring damaged peatlands to trap carbon and prepare for climate change.

Conservation groups and countryside managers across England are actively restoring ancient peatlands to prevent stored carbon from escaping into the atmosphere. These ongoing restoration efforts also aim to improve landscape resilience and wildfire preparedness in response to climate change.

• The problemAncient wetlands across the country are heavily damaged, causing them to release trapped carbon into the atmosphere.
• The responseConservation groups and regional landscape managers are implementing dedicated habitat restoration and wildfire preparation plans.