Politics

Tackle the UK wildfire crisis by integrating skilled gamekeepers and controlled burning to support our overstretched fire services, urges the Moorland Association.

To protect UK uplands, we must reform wildfire monitoring. Read the Moorland Association's EFRA response on tracking fuel loads and adopting controlled burning.

The Moorland Association urges the Labour Rural Research Group to recognise active upland management as essential to a thriving rural economy and nature recovery.

The Moorland Association urges Defra to tackle the £460M wildfire crisis by funding proactive land management and empowering rural first responders.

Urgent: Submit your practical evidence to the EFRA wildfire inquiry by 15 May. The Moorland Association needs your on-the-ground experience to shape policy.

The Moorland Association reveals UK constituencies at highest risk of deadly wildfires, led by High Peak. View the threat index data shared with MPs.

Passive rewilding won't stop UK wildfires. Discover why active land management is the essential nature-based solution to protect our uplands and carbon stores.

Defra, Scottish and Welsh governments propose changes to bird shooting seasons. Find out which species are affected, what is changing and how to respond by 17 May 2026.

The Public Accounts Committee confirms Defra's environmental regulation is failing. Discover how the Moorland Association urges outcome-focused reform.

Read the Moorland Association’s response to the West Pennine Moors consultation. Discover why land managers must be core partners in upland landscape recovery.

Read Moorland Association CEO Andrew Gilruth's evidence to the EAC Peatland Inquiry on why controlled burning is essential to prevent severe upland wildfires.

The Moorland Association recently conducted a rigorous assessment of eight upcoming or published National Landscape and National Park Management Plans.