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Lewis Peatlands (Scottish Gaelic: mòinteach Leòdhais) is a large area of blanket bog covering more than one third of the Isle of Lewis, off the west coast of Scotland. With a total area of 58,984 hectares, it is one of the largest and most intact known areas of blanket bog in the world, [ 2 ] and is the second largest Ramsar site in Scotland.
Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands has been recognised as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, [2] and has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Special Protection Area and a Special Area of Conservation. [4] [1] [5] 154 km 2 of the area is also designated as the Forsinard Flows national nature ...
Around 1500 km 2 of the Flow Country is protected as both a Special Protection Area and Special Area of Conservation under the name Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands. [10] [11] The Flow Country was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2024. It is one of three World Heritage natural landscapes in the United Kingdom.
These peatlands play an important role in global carbon storage and have very high biodiversity. However, peatlands in Indonesia also face major threats from deforestation and forest fires. [12] In the early 21st century, the world's largest tropical mire was found in the Central Congo Basin, covering 145,500 km 2 and storing up to 10 13 kg of ...
In natural peatlands, the "annual rate of biomass production is greater than the rate of decomposition", but it takes "thousands of years for peatlands to develop the deposits of 1.5 to 2.3 m [4.9 to 7.5 ft], which is the average depth of the boreal [northern] peatlands", [2] which store around 415 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon (about 46 times 2019 ...
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 ...
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A'Mhòine sits within both a Special Protection Area and a Special Area of Conservation titled the Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands, [5] [10] [11] and is home to golden eagles, greylag geese, dunlin and other wading birds, as well as "rare water-dependent plants, dwarf shrubs and alpine heath". [5] [8]