Peatlands urgently need to be restored for UK to meet emissions targets

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Credit: Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority
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Credit: Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority

The UK is off track to meet its peatland restoration targets - and climate goals are at risk as a result

The headline goal of the UK's peatland strategy - a framework published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) that sets out how to improve UK peatlands - is simple, yet ambitious....

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