The climate and nature crises require comprehensive, ambitious solutions and urgent action across all sections of society.  As a grassroots movement of 46 independent conservation charities working on the ground to recover nature, The Wildlife Trusts have a vital role to play. Peatlands are critical to our vision to see 30% of land managed for nature by 2030, halting the decline of biodiversity and starting to recover nature across the UK. They are home to rare and threatened species; unique breeding bird assemblages, fascinating invertebrates, and an abundance of mosses, sedges, dwarf shrubs and insectivorous plants. Restoring peatlands on a landscape scale is also essential for tackling climate change and achieving ‘net zero’ emissions; peatlands are vast carbon stores, yet when