Today 17 conservation and countryside organisations, coordinated by Wildlife and Countryside Link, wrote to DEFRA’s George Eustice to call for proper measures to limit burning on peat soils instead of the government’s weak proposals.

The organisations comprise: RSPB, Wildlife Trusts, National Trust, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Plantlife, Butterfly Conservation, Rewilding Britain, Open Spaces Society, Wild Justice, Campaign for National Parks, Freshwater Habitats Trust, British Mountaineering Council, Environmental Investigation Agency, League Against Cruel Sports, Peoples Trust for Endangered Species and John Muir Trust.

The letter and issue are covered in i news.

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