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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 ]
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.
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 ...
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Luhasoo bog in Estonia.The mire has tussocks of heather, and is being colonised by pine trees.. This is a list of bogs, wetland mires that accumulate peat from dead plant material, usually sphagnum moss. [1]
Thorne and Hatfield Moors Re-flooded peat workings on Thorne Moors form part of the Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve The Moors within South Yorkshire Location North-east and east of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England OS grid SE723151 Coordinates 53°38′N 0°55′W / 53.63°N 0.91°W / 53.63; -0.91 Area 8,201 acres (33.19 km 2) Thorne and Hatfield Moors form the ...
A team of 30 soldiers will use their engineering expertise to re-wet a Lake District peat bog in a bid to boost wildlife. The soldiers will move several boulders and earth at the bog in the ...
Peat provides around 4% of Finland's annual energy production. [91] Also, agricultural and forestry-drained peat bogs actively release more CO 2 annually than is released in peat energy production in Finland. The average regrowth rate of a single peat bog, however, is indeed slow, from 1,000 up to 5,000 years. Furthermore, it is a common ...