Wildfires

Blanket fire suppression fuels worse blazes. Learn how global fire ecology research supports managed burning to prevent devastating wildfires on British moorlands.

US data proves prescribed burning yields a $3.73 return for every $1 spent on wildfire prevention. Discover why UK upland policy urgently needs a similar study.

A Nature Geoscience study finds the 2025 Dava Moor megafire emitted 38,600 tonnes of carbon - 85% of it from peat combustion driven by anomalously dry soils.

A new CCC report warns of rising UK wildfire risks. Discover why practical moorland management and fuel-load control are vital for climate adaptation.

The RSPB and Leeds want grouse-moor licensing on air-quality grounds. The 2025 wildfire data - and their own figures - point the other way.

Read the Moorland Association's key themes for EFRA's Wildfire inquiry: active fuel management, rural capability & nature recovery. Submit your evidence by 18 May

Wildfire policy can't wait for a 999 call. Read our letter to The Guardian urging the government to prioritise vegetation management for public safety.

Photos from the Appleton Common wildfire in North Yorkshire show burnt vegetation above standing water - proof that fuel loads, not wet ground, drive fire spread.

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

Snake Moors wildfire footage proves cutting fails to stop landscape fires and worsens peat burning. We must use all available tools to manage surface fuel loads.

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

New research finds post-wildfire flood peaks were at least twice as large as those from similar pre-wildfire storms in 75% of cases studied.