#Peat

Katja Bruisch

KBruisch

1/6 On #WorldWetlandsDay I remember my trips to the region of Shatura some 120km east of Moscow a couple of years ago. Decades of peat-mining have left deep marks on

CPRE The countryside charity

CPRE

Tomorrow MPs will debate the burning of peatland.Burning peatland needs to stop now and our peatlands restored if UK Gov is serious about tackling the #ClimateEmergency.It's crucial that MPs take

John Walker

earthFgardener

This is a thread about the toxicity that permeates the UK #gardening & #horticulture industries. In the current issue of @GWmag @TheMontyDon pointed out that retailers are ‘actively choosing to

Andrew Jackson

AndrewLRJackson

Peat extraction, a meta-threadNo one is suggesting that the PD Bill 2020 attempts to revive the legislation for large-scale peat extraction that was struck down by @FIEIRELAND in 2019The PD

Thomas Oliver 🐝

thomasroliveruk

The importance of peat bogs #SciComm #ScienceTwitter #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency Peatlands cover only 3% of the world's land surface, yet they store at least twice as much carbon as all of

Matthew Wilson

LandscapeMan

It’s possible also that people may be wondering why we use peat in the first place. Roll your sleeves up for a long thread..Pre WW2 the main trade in plants

Guy Shrubsole

guyshrubsole

THREAD: How many grouse moor estates will the Government's (very caveated) moorland burning ban affect? I've been taking a look at some maps...Firstly, here's a map of where grouse moors

Sara Venn

Saralimback

I’m sorry but the big gardening industry is behaving just as they did in 2011 when a compost rep told me there’d be no ban on peat extraction, and the

Andrew Jackson

AndrewLRJackson

Greens should have seen the iceberg coming with CETA, writes @aoifegracemoore Well there’s another one right behind it...The govt is rushing through a Bill today that could help restart industrial

Dr. Merritt Turetsky

queenofpeat

Plant a tree, save the . Right? Not so fast.... Follow this thread today to learn why tree planting is bad news for peat bogs, & thus bad news for

Agrim Singh (82%)

agrimsingh

#Threadapalooza A big thread of the best whiskies I've ever tried. (Not ranked)Been very lucky to have tried these and since everyone loves a good thread/listicle I'm going to make

Travis Lane

BeardedGreenly

Soil: layer of earth in which plants grow, a black/dark brown material typically consisting of organic remains, clay, rock particles.Soilless: provides structural support, retains water, allows gas exchange to roots.Peat(Sunmix/Promix),

Guy Shrubsole

guyshrubsole

Last week, the Govt said it will legislate to ban moorland burning - but its proposals contain many loopholes.So, who owns the grouse moors that may be exempt from this

Kayle Crosson

CrossonKayle

Well, that was a busy week for climate & biodiversity news Didn’t manage to catch it all? We got you. THREAD: On Monday, Ireland signed up to an intl coalition

Andrew Jackson

AndrewLRJackson

Good piece by @PaddyWoodworth on @BordnaMona plans to rehabilitate c.40% of its landholding.One important point for the record: BNM wanted to continue extracting peat long beyond 2027. Advocacy & legal

Katherine Terrell

Kat_Terrell

Practice is over. Josh Hill and Andrus Peat are working their way back. No Chickillo, Taysom Hill, Johnson Bademosi, Keith Washington, Shy Tuttle Saints were back outside today, shells and

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