May 2022

Give peat a chance Why peat? Despite lacking the obvious beauty and charisma of the world’s forests, peatlands are just as important. They store at least twice as much carbon, even though just 3% of the global land surface is covered by peat. 10% of the UK is covered by peatland, and our wetland habitats support biodiversity and provide habitat for rare species of plants and animals.

In June 2021, a group of eco-adventurers began a quest to search for scalable solutions to the environmental crisis, as part of their mission to assist with restoring nature and diversity in UK national parks. Photo credit: Ollie Axon By interviewing experts in the field and looking at their innovative sustainable innovations and nature-based climate solutions, they worked on the production of an adventure film documentary called: