There’s an invader turning huge swathes of Britain into deserts – and these dead zones are spreading | George Monbiot Vast areas of land are now dominated by one species – purple moor-grass – and good luck with seeing a bird or insect there. How do we revive these habitats, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

#Molinia caerulea or purple #MoorGrass has swarmed across vast upland areas in #Wales, on Dartmoor, Exmoor, in the Pennines, #PeakDistrict, North York Moors, #Yorkshire Dales & many parts of #Scotland.
Molinia wastes are dismal places, grey-brown for much of the year, with hardly birds or insects.