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The headline goal of the UK's peatland strategy—a framework published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) that sets out how to improve UK peatlands—is simple ...
Peatlands cover just 3% of the earth's land surface and they make up 12% of the land area of Northern Ireland. When peaty soils are taken into consideration, a quarter of Northern Ireland is ...
Britain and Ireland hold over 20% of the world's blanket bog Peatlands are a natural carbon sink, absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere and burying it in the soil. In Europe alone, they lock up about ...
The upland peatlands of the UK have been severely eroded because of industrial pollution, overgrazing, drainage and other human actions. Research from The University of Manchester is helping to ...