The Running out of Time relay will be the longest non-stop relay ever attempted. It’s being done in the name of climate action, and our Winmarleigh carbon farm was one of only 27 outstanding…
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…
Manchester based courier firm EcoSpeed donated over £100,000 to Lancashire Wildlife Trust to support peatland conservation projects.
Lancashire Wildlife Trust and National Highways have joined forces to launch a new £6 million Network for Nature programme, with three exciting projects that will improve habitats across…
New analysis by the Wildlife Trusts has calculated the shocking impacts of extracting peat for use in horticulture – so we are calling on everyone to support an immediate ban in the damaging…
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…
Edge Green Common in Wigan is a fragment of the once extensive wetland corridor running across our region, and works have started to return it to its former carbon capturing and wildlife abundant…
Peatlands the size of 250 football pitches will be restored across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria, thanks to over a million pounds of funding from the Government’s Nature for Climate…
Peatland conservation organisations and experts from across the world have joined together with the United Nations Environment Programme’s Global Peatlands Initiative (GPI) to pledge their…
The Wildlife Trusts unveil 12 new nature recovery projects – restoring peatlands, saltmarsh, kelp forests, chalk grassland, wetlands and woods – to store carbon. Among them is Lancashire Wildlife…
