These undersea meadows are home to some amazing wildlife and store huge amounts of carbon making them a key natural solution to the climate crisis.

'Unimproved' grasslands are extremely important for wildlife. 'Unimproved' means grassland that hasn't been reseeded, fertilised or drained. Whilst considered to be on less 'productive' soil they support a huge range of species, including green-winged orchid, snake's head fritillary, bird's-foot trefoil and pasque flower.

New report from The Wildlife Trusts shows how investing in nature would reap big dividends in tackling climate crisis.

Reading and further resources on Peatlands.

There are simple and easy things that we can all do to reduce our carbon footprint and make a big difference to the natural world.

We are in the middle of a climate and nature emergency, and the two are inextricably linked. Climate change is driving nature’s decline, and the loss of wildlife and wild places leaves us ill-equipped to reduce carbon emissions and adapt to change. One cannot be solved without the other.

Peatlands are an amazing part of our landscapes, not only for the rare and specialised species they support but for the ecosystem services they provide like storing carbon, filtering drinking water, mitigating flood waters etc. Yet 80% of the UK’s peatland are degraded, emitting carbon and threatening the species the support.

Somerset Wildlife Trust will be carrying out peat restoration work at Westhay Moor National Nature Reserve. The work is being funded by the Nature for Climate Peatland Grant Scheme which is administered by Natural England on behalf of Defra.