UK Parliament Removing peat from amateur gardening will help us protect nature and take us closer to our goal of reaching net zero This country’s peatlands contain more carbon than the forests of the UK, France and Germany combined. They are the UK’s largest carbon store. And they are home to some of our most iconic and rarest wildlife, such as the bittern, the swallowtail by The Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP April 17, 2024