Our vision is of restored peatlands across Cornwall, Dartmoor and Exmoor that support wildlife, store carbon, manage flooding, provide clean water, preserve the historic environment, and champion livelihoods.
What we do.
The South West Peatland Partnership is working together to restore degraded peatland across West Penwith, Bodmin Moor, Dartmoor and Exmoor by 2025. Restoring this damaged peatland through rewetting will have innumerable benefits. As well as acting as natural carbon stores, rare wildlife habitats, archaeological havens, water purifiers and places for people to enjoy, healthy peatlands also increase resilience to climate change.
Restoring peatlands is no mean feat: its challenging but its vital, and urgent. It is a huge task and requires the involvement, determination and drive of a wide range of people, businesses and community groups. It’s why we work as a partnership, bringing together knowledge, experience and skills from across the UK’s South West, collaborating to find the best ways of tackling this challenge and leaving a lasting positive impact. Working in partnership alongside government agencies, landowners, charities, farmers, commoners and other key stakeholders, we ensure that everything from local land use to the historic environment, cultural elements and ecology are fully considered and incorporated within restoration plans.
Together, we aim to:
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Help restore damaged areas of peatland across the South West of the UK
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Increase resilience to climate change & keep carbon in peatlands
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Nurture habitats for bog-reliant wildlife & plants
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Improve the quality & reduce the quantity of water flowing from peatlands
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Protect, & increase knowledge of, peatland’s archaeology & our historic environment
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Provide health, economic & well-being benefits to farmers & individuals locally
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Monitor our work to assess impact whilst sharing our successes, challenges & learnings
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Connect people with peatlands & convey the importance of these ecosystems