For further information about the Moorland Association, please get in touch with:
Chair, Mark Cunliffe-Lister
Director, Amanda Anderson
The Moorland Association
PO Box 75
Leyburn
DL8 9AQ
Tel. 0845 4589786
Mob. 07979 851123
For media enquiries
Ramsay Smith and Caroline Middleton Gordon
Media House International
Tel. 0207 710 0020
75% of Europe’s remaining upland heather moorland is found in the UK – but this area declined alarmingly over the latter part of the last century. The Moorland Association was set up in 1986 to coordinate the efforts of moorland owners and managers to halt this loss, particularly in England and Wales.
RURAL ORGANISATIONS LAUNCH NEW PARTNERSHIP Leading UK rural organisations have today (23rd July) announced the launch of a formal partnership to promote the multitude of conservation and community benefits that make the countryside a better place for all to enjoy. ‘Aim To Sustain’ has been formed to highlight the crucial role that sustainable game shooting plays in delivering biodiversity net gain […]
NEW OFFICIAL TREES AND PEAT GUIDANCE SUPPORTS GROUSE MOORS’ STRATEGY The strategy of grouse moor managers to avoid planting trees on peatland has been supported by new official guidance that acknowledges trees can damage peatlands. A framework for establishing new woodland issued by the Forestry Commission, Forest Research and Natural England reaffirms the importance of healthy peatlands to aid carbon capture. The guidance advises that […]
