muirburn

British

/ ˈmjuːr-, ˈmuːrˌbʌrn, ˈmyr- /

noun

a variant of moorburn

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The independent review ahead of the legislation said muirburn can have "both positive and negative effects on carbon storage".

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2024

Licenses will now be required all year round for muirburn - the controlled burning of vegetation,

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2024

There is concern that estates will be unfairly denied licenses - and that the potential benefits of muirburn have not been fully recognised.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2024

It would also introduce stricter rules on muirburn, the practice of using fire as a land management tool.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2023

The reason why I can conceive so vividly of this awful and comparatively recent visitation is this—I was accustomed to "set muirburn" when a boy of nine or ten.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various

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