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Fighting fire with fire: the abandonment of heather management in the Peak District National Park

Wildfires – fighting fire with fire?

Fighting fire with fire under fire: a burning issue

Vital to get peatland and upland heath management right: Our letter to The Guardian

Dear Editor, In an article on national parks failing nature (13 September 2024), your Environment Editor referred to the very best of nature being protected through SSSI designation and reported on the poor condition of many sites across England. The article stated that “The main causes of SSSIs ...

New approaches to wildlife management

Fire-adapted landscapes will become increasingly critical

Where Birds Thrive: The power of surveys and best practice land management

Written By Laura Williamson, Ecologist & Assistant Advisor It is no secret that traditional land management practices face unprecedented pressure in today’s political climate. Likewise, it is widely known that bird populations face exceptional pressures, with some suggesting that more than 40...

Make your voice heard on a burning issue

The GWCT would urge all supporters with an interest in managed heather burning to contribute to the consultation on Defra’s proposed amendments to The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021. Proposed amendments to the regulations include: Expanding restrictions to all LFAs. Re...

The role of firebreaks to prevent, mitigate and control wildfire on deep peat and dry heath is acknowledged by Natural England

Written by Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer (England) Over the past 2-3 years, we have spent much time highlighting to ministers, their advisers and conservation bodies the increasing risk of wildfire to our natural environment. Our concerns are that the current direction of land management pol...

Wildfire – a recipe for disaster?

Written by Henrietta Appleton, GWCT Policy Officer For any fire to start and spread it needs fuel, oxygen and an ignition source.  But when it comes to wildfires at a landscape scale there are additional factors such as the fire environment (weather, topography and fuel) and the fire regime (land...