peatlands

Dartmoor peatland restoration vital in fight against climate change

“One of Dartmoor’s greatest assets in the fight against climate change is its peat”. That’s what Dartmoor National Park and South West Water as part of the South West Peatland Partnership are saying today in response to the ongoing negotiations at COP26 in Glasgow to keep average global temperatures below 2 degrees. The “rewetting” of Dartmoor’s peatlands is part of ongoing restoration...