31st March 2025
A letter to Steve Reed MP from ScotLINK, Wildlife and Countryside Link, Wales Environment Link and Northern Ireland Environment Link regarding the vital importance of peatlands in tackling the climate and nature crises. Each organisation has copied in the relevant Minister/Cabinet Secretaries from each devolved nation.
The letter outlines:
- The urgent need for the UK Government to introduce legislation to immediately end horticultural peat sales and extraction across the UK.
- The importance of dedicated funding for peatland restoration across all four nations, proportionate to their share of the UK’s peatlands, in order to meet the UK’s Net Zero targets, enhance biodiversity and create rural jobs.