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Humberhead Peatlands restoration LIFE+ project

Find out how LIFE+ EU funding is helping Natural England and partners to restore the Humberhead Peatlands.

• From: Natural England
• Published: 27 January 2015
• Last updated: 15 September 2016 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Restoring the Humberhead Peatlands: project leaflet

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Details

The EU’s LIFE+ programme awarded Natural England a grant of £2.3 million for the Humberhead Peatlands restoration LIFE+ project. The Doncaster East Internal Drainage Board added £1.9 million to the project. There was also a contribution from Natural England.

This funding will be used over 3 years to:

• increase the area of peat bog habitat under active restoration
• improve rare habitats which support sensitive wildlife and plants, for example nightjar, hobby, cotton grasses, bog mosses and wild cranberries
• support research and monitoring of the bog’s bird and insect populations

Work to restore the peatlands will also have wider benefits. These include:

• a reduced risk of flooding as a greater volume of water will be stored
• an increased level of carbon dioxide being absorbed from the atmosphere, which will help prevent climate change

See the Humberhead Peatlands website for full details of the project.

Further information

Find out more from the:

• Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve on Facebook

• Humberhead Levels Partnership

• Humberhead Levels Nature Improvement Area

Published 27 January 2015

Last updated 15 September 2016 + show all updates

1. 15 September 2016

   Added link to the project's new website. Content removed to avoid duplication.

2. 10 August 2016

   Added invitation to the mid-project workshop.

3. 5 May 2016

   Added Moor Space project newsletter.

4. 27 January 2015

   First published.