Co-op and RSPB partner to deliver major peatland restoration project

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Co-op becomes first UK supermarket to take on major peatland restoration and management project in partnership with the RSPB partnership

The Co-op and wildlife charity RSPB have announced a three-year partnership to fund the revitalisation of 'internationally important' peatland sites in Scotland and Wales that act as a major store of carbon...

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