NEWS

Date: February 24, 2021

Note: Please be aware that links on this page take you to third party websites. 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 […]

Date: February 10, 2021

Note: Please be aware that links on this page take you to third party websites. 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 […]

Date: February 2, 2021

Note: Please be aware that links on this page take you to third party websites. 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 […]

Date: February 2, 2021

Note: Please be aware that links on this page take you to third party websites. 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 […]

Date: January 19, 2021

Note: Please be aware that links on this page take you to third party websites. 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 […]