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The Great North Bog is a large restoration initiative covering over 90% [1] of the upland peatland in the North of England. [2] It is a £200m project and aims to restore nearly 7,000 square kilometres of upland over 20 years. [3]
The UK Land Carbon Registry now houses credits from both the Woodland Carbon Code and the Peatland Code. [ citation needed ] Verified Woodland Carbon Units can be used by companies with UK-based emissions to come to a net figure, as set out in the UK's Environmental Reporting Guidelines.
Lampert Mosses is a Site of Special Scientific Interest [1] [2] within Northumberland National Park, Northumberland, England.It is located 8km north of the town of Haltwistle.
Peatland restoration is a term describing measures to restore the original form and function of peatlands, or wet peat-rich areas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This landscape globally occupies 400 million hectares or 3% of land surface on Earth.
UK peatlands such as the Great North Bog cover around 23,000 km2 or 9.5% of the UK land area and store at least 3.2 billion tonnes of carbon. A loss of only 5% of UK peatland carbon would equate to the total annual UK anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Healthy peat bogs have a net long-term ‘cooling’ effect on the climate.
In 2022, Somerset Wildlife Trust issued a "position statement" on peat extraction in Somerset, calling for the practice to end immediately, and stating that "Given that the cost of peatland restoration will continue to increase until extraction ceases, it would be both illogical and an inefficient use of public funds for UK Governments to ...
The Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands is a large area of blanket bog and peatland, covering a number of disconnected regions across the historic counties of Caithness and Sutherland in the far north of Scotland, across an area known as the Flow Country.
The Global Peatlands Initiative is an effort made by leading experts and institutions formed in 2016 by 13 founding members at the UNFCCC COP in Marrakech, Morocco. [1] The mission of the Initiative is to protect and conserve peatlands as the world's largest terrestrial organic carbon stock and to prevent it from being emitted into the atmosphere.