Scotland is home to internationally important temperate #rainforest & valuable species-rich #grasslands🌲🌸 We need a comprehensive programme of ecosystem restoration, with new actions to amplify progress at pace, particularly for the above habitats🌄 2/4

Does clear labelling help you make informed choices about the products you buy?🤔 Sign the The Wildlife Trusts open letter asking retailers for clear labelling on peat-free and peat-containing products! 👉wtru.st/peat-inspector… #HiddenPeat #peatfree #peat

Thanks to the Sustainable Nitrogen Alliance for joining us in Parliament to discuss the issue of nitrogen pollution, which impacts several of the drivers and causes of both climate change and biodiversity loss, from agricultural and water pollution to air quality and GHG levels.

With 1 in 9 species at risk of extinction in Scotland, we welcome the new Scottish Government long-term plan for nature recovery🌱 It is a positive step forward in many ways, but there is still work to be done & urgent action is needed now🚨 Our full statement 👉plantlife.org.uk/press-and-medi…

We're not seeing enough progress on global nature targets🌎 So how do we bridge the gap between targets & tangible action? In our latest blog Plantlife, People's Trust for Endangered Species & Bat Conservation Trust set out the potential of Local Nature Recovery Strategies in nature restoration🌱 wcl.org.uk/power-of-lnrs-…

It's #WorldSoilDay & we’re celebrating our amazing peatlands!🌱 They are unique ecosystems which support incredible biodiversity & store significant amounts of carbon🌎 Check out these 4 facts about them & how you can help protect #peatlands!👇 1/6🧵

Britain's extraordinary rainforest - find out more about Plantlife work with partners & landowners - and why governments need to do more to protect & restore it plantlife.org.uk/protecting-pla… theguardian.com/environment/20… Guy Shrubsole @WoodlandTrust Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest Lost Rainforests of Britain

❌ Finally, it’s baffling why politicians use terms associated with violence to make their points – ‘chokehold’ and ‘suffocating’ this time but other terms have also featured recently such as ‘strangle’. I hope this approach can be rethought.

We're pleased to have signed this open letter to Steve Reed MP to call for more UK Government support for nature-friendly farmers, for things like managing nature-rich meadows, building healthy & resilient soils, and producing sustainable food🌷🌼🌾

We're pleased to see good payment rates for species-rich #grassland options in #ELM Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier Productive farmland meadows & pastures must be at the heart of nature recovery & climate action, and it's right that farmers are rewarded 1/2

Our campaign advocate Sally Nex is at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh today hearing from #peatfree growers and researchers They have one common ask - legislate so growers can confidently invest in peat-free #horticulture Hear more from Sally 💚

Shockingly Defra UK admits to herbal leys in #ELM being allowed on threatened priority habitat species-rich #grasslands🚨 Temporary herbal leys destroy these nature-rich &rare grasslands & is poor use of public money We have questions Defra UK thetimes.com/uk/environment… 1/3

"Public funds are being used to destroy species-rich grasslands" - WATCH our full interview here: 8point9.com/jo-riggall-pla… I spoke to Joanne Riggall from Plantlife

WATCH our full interview with Joanne Riggall from Plantlife here: 8point9.com/jo-riggall-pla…

Priority grassland species-rich #grasslands are being converted to herbal leys in #SFI & we have some thoughts, feelings, & questions for Defra about this 📢 Plantlife's Grassland Advocacy Officer, Jo Riggall, chatted to ffinlo Costain - 8point9.com & Farm Gate podcast about it👇

Keep an eye out for our new website, coming next week, with new features including our Extraction Counter that estimates the peat extracted for horticulture every day in the UK. ⚠️ (4/4)

Why is there no person or team at Defra UK working specifically on grasslands, when they cover at least 40% of England?🚨 In an open letter, we're calling on the UK Gov to urgently address this & fully realise the value of grasslands now🌱 Learn more👉plantlife.org.uk/our-work/the-g…

A Grassland Taskforce 🌼 Dedicated resource within Defra & other Departments who can think strategically about maximising the co-benefits of #grasslands Grasslands must play a role in a healthy, wildlife-rich, low-carbon & sustainable food nation Defra UK Steve Reed MP

Changes to #ELM have been announced by Steve Reed MP at National Farmers' Union Conference He thanked #grassland farmers for taking up the scheme We want to see the gov do more to support grassland farmers We're asking for a Grassland Taskforce👇 plantlife.org.uk/wp-content/upl… 1/3

The #SFI24 pause will leave many farmers without the means to make more nature-friendly choices on their farm, such as restoring species-rich #grassland Defra must now take reform of the SFI as an opportunity to build trust and confidence with farmers 🧵 Plantlife