NEWS
REMINDER – Wild LIVE Peatlands event this evening!
Date: February 24, 2021
Don’t forget to register for The Wildlife Trusts’ monthly online nature discussion this evening, Wednesday 24 February, which focuses on peatlands. Peatlands have been getting a lot of coverage lately as it becomes increasingly evident that play a key role in storing carbon. The “Peatlands: our superhero habitat” event takes place on Wednesday 24th February […]
Why We Need to Restore Precious Peatland Habitats
Date: February 10, 2021
The Wildlife Trusts, of which Shropshire Wildlife Trust is a member, issued a press release today about the need to protect and restore UK peatlands. You can read the press release here. Some interesting facts relating to this help to draw a clear picture of the need to restore precious peatlands habitat, as the BogLIFE […]
Marches Mosses Celebrate World Wetlands Day
Date: February 2, 2021
Today isn’t just Groundhog Day. More importantly, it is World Wetlands Day. This year’s theme for World Wetlands Day is Wetlands and Water. The theme shines a spotlight on wetlands as a source of freshwater and encourages actions to restore them and stop their loss. The Marches Mosses are the third-largest lowland raised bog in […]
UK and Australian Wetlands Collaboration puts Arts Council England Funding to Work
Date: February 2, 2021
The changing environments of two of the world’s internationally recognised wetlands are under the microscope in an exciting collaboration between artists, land managers and environmental specialists in the UK and Australia. The project, called Mosses and Marshes, has newly been awarded a grant from Arts Council England. It questions how we think about – and […]
Robert Duff Presented at IUCN Peatland Conference 2020
Date: January 19, 2021
Robert Duff, Marches Mosses BogLIFE Project Manager, made a presentation at the IUCN Peatland Conference 2020, which was attended virtually by 560 peatland conservationists and ecologists from across the UK. The IUCN – the International Union for the Conservation of Nature – is a global organisation. Within that, the UK branch established the IUCN UK […]
