Peatland ACTION five year partnership plan 2025 – 2030
This plan is the first in a series of rolling five-year plans designed to deliver Scotland’s long-term vision for peatland restoration. It aims to help the partnership focus on the right priorities, at the right time as we progress toward our proposed 2040 restoration target.
Footnotes
1 Supporting documents - Scotland’s Climate Change Plan – 2026-2040 - gov.scot
2 Scotland’s Draft Climate Change Plan: 2026–2040 - Annex 3 – Monitoring and Analytical Annex
3 The Scottish Approach to Service Design (SAtSD) - gov.scot
4 Peatland ACTION - Monitoring strategy | NatureScot
5 Peatland ACTION - Data mapping portal | NatureScot
6 Peatland ACTION Annual Review 2024-2025 | NatureScot
7 14,860 hectares represents an area roughly the size of Glasgow City
8 90,000 hectares restored since 1990
9 10% increase is from a baseline of 12,000 hectares per annum to be restored by Peatland ACTION in 2025/26
10 Programme for Government 2025 to 2026 - gov.scot
11 Scottish Biodiversity Strategy to 2045 - gov.scot
12 Scotland’s Draft Climate Change Plan: 2026–2040 - Annex 2 Sectoral Annexes
13 IUCN | Funding for peatland restoration and management
14 NatureScot Peatland ACTION | Mapping current and future workforce and skills requirements in peatland restoration
15 Peatland ACTION - Update and conversation on change to support expansion of peatland restoration in Scotland | NatureScot
16 Peatland ACTION - Mapping current and future workforce and skills requirements in peatland restoration | NatureScot
17 Natural Capital Market Framework - gov.scot
18 Chapter 2 Tax Policy - Scottish Budget 2025 to 2026 - gov.scot
Contact
Email: peatlanddelivery@gov.scot