The Government’s Nature for Climate (NfC) funding scheme is drawing to a close in March 2025 (as far as we know) and we at Yorkshire Peat Partnership wanted to take a little time to celebrate what…
There are plenty of ways you can take action against climate change in your own backyard or local greenspace.
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 Yorkshire Wildlife…
Ben grew up at the Naze paddling in the sea and looking for sharks’ teeth. After graduation, he returned to the landscape he loves to help local people experience the wonders of the natural world…
Our homes and gardens have an important role in the fight against climate change. Help preserve vital peatland by going peat free.
Our woodlands are a key tool in the box when addressing climate change for their carbon storage potential, but are less well known for their potential to limit flooding events, with wet woodlands…
I’m Libby, and I’m currently completing a research development internship in sustainable aquaculture (basically farming in water) at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban. In…
Throughout my internship, I am contributing to marine conservation by assisting with marine mammal research in Cardigan Bay, collecting data on marine mammals from land and boat-based surveys, and…
£2.9 million in grants awarded for peatland restoration across Northern England as uplands rise to the meet the challenge of climate change.
These are the atmospheric oak woods of the Celtic upland fringes, where the mild, moist oceanic climate allows luxurious mats of mosses to carpet the rocky ground and creep up gnarled trunks,…
Peat cores evidence thousands of years of climate and environmental change. So, what are our cores telling us about Yorkshire’s landscape?
The Common clubtail is on the wing in spring and summer. It is an elusive dragonfly that is easiest to see when it first emerges. It can be found along rivers in Southern England and Wales.
