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Moors for the Future is a partnership project to restore large parts
of the internationally important Peak District moors. Through a
programme of new initiatives it aims to:
- Raise awareness of why the moors are special
and encourage responsible use and care of the landscape
- Restore and conserve important recreational
and natural moorland resources
- Develop expertise on how to protect and
manage the moors sustainably
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Discovery – a teachers'
pack DVD guide to the outdoor classroom in the Peak District
National Park is now available T: 01433 637907.
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Next stage of large-scale
restoration of Wessenden Moors in the Dark Peak commences |
| New opportuntity for NERC
PhD CASE studentship |
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Peat bogs in the Peak District
- such as Bleaklow Plateau and Kinder Scout - naturally store carbon
dioxide (CO2), the gas that contributes towards climate change.
It is estimated that Britain's peat bogs store the equivalent of
10 times the country's total CO2 emissions.
When these peat bogs are eroded
due to pollution, overgrazing or fire damage they start leaking
CO2 instead of storing it. It is thought the 700 sq km of the southern
Pennine hills alone could be leaking as much CO2 as a town with
a population of 50,000 people.
We are carrying out important
work to restore the Peak District's peat bogs so they are once again
helping to tackle the effects of climate change.
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