The charity, which represents 46 local trusts that look after more than 2,300 nature reserves between them, said the Government should be placing greater focus on climate action ahead of the international COP26 talks in Glasgow later this month.
It wants the UK to “significantly increase” peatland restoration and ban the sale and use of peat in gardening and compost products.
Peat is typically used in compost because of its ability to retain water and nutrients, but to harvest it, bogs need to be drained and the top surface of the peat gradually stripped away.
Not only does this destroy rare and endangered habitats and the flora and fauna that rely on them, but also allows the peat to react with the air, releasing vast quantities of carbon dioxide.
It also wants to ban bottom-trawling the seabed in England, which conservationists warn releases carbon stored in the sediment and habitat.
The Wildlife Trust said that greater use of sustainable farming practices...