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NatureScot - Peatland Action

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Peatland Action (PA) is a peatland restoration project run by Scottish Natural Heritage and funded mainly by Scottish Government. The funding primarily supports on-the-ground restoration activities. This includes:

installation of peat dams in man-made ditches to increase water levels
allowing the peat-building mosses called sphagnums to re-establish.
more novel techniques such as peat hag re-vegetating by using the surrounding vegetation to stabilise the bare eroding peat

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Geographical areas funded: Scotland

Fund type

Type of funding:: Grant
Type of cost:: Capital, Revenue

Fund award sizes

Annually awarded:: Premium information

Who can apply

Eligible land managers who have peatlands that would benefit from restoration. There are no geographical restrictions or target areas for Peatland ACTION funding.

The majority of the peatland within a project area must have a peat depth of over 50cm, but peat depths down to 30cm will be considered for restoration if they form an intrinsic component of the peat hydrological unit.

Fens containing peat will be considered.

Annual management payments will not be funded.

Generally, they expect projects to be greater than 10 ha with a cost over £10,000.

If you have a smaller project, please consider linking with other landholders to create a larger project. Project Officers are able to support you in developing larger proposals – please email [email protected]