Turf production: peat extraction by stealth
By ripping up that paving and laying a new lawn you might that think that you are doing your bit for nature, but if that turf has been grown on peat then you could be doing more harm than good.…
Tony West
By ripping up that paving and laying a new lawn you might that think that you are doing your bit for nature, but if that turf has been grown on peat then you could be doing more harm than good.…
An application has been submitted to run a series of cables from two new offshore windfarms in the Irish Sea underneath the Fylde Sand Dunes and then onshore to the existing substation at…
Defra has finally launched the long-awaited consultation into banning the retail sale of peat in horticulture in England and Wales. We need as many responses as possible to help end this…
Euan reflects on his internship with us...
The Government has bowed to pressure from the National Farmers Union and agreed to authorise the use of the highly damaging neonicotinoid thiamethoxam for the treatment of sugar beet seed in 2021…
Volunteers have been integral to the Trust since we first began fighting for local wildlife. One of our amazing volunteers, Janet Edmunds, has written all about some of her earliest volunteering…
Ban will apply to peat sold in retail outlets in England
Defra reveals that 95% of those who responded to its consultation were in favour of a complete retail sales ban
Following a…