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The goals of peatland restoration in hydrological terms are primarily to improve the quality and regulate the quantity of water. A peatland as an intact ecosystem is a natural water purifier, it filters and stores organic substances, metals or other toxic matter and retains nutrients. [8]
UN Environment Programme's work on the conservation and restoration of peatlands is motivated by their nature as highly efficient and compact carbon sinks.While peatlands cover only 3% of the global land surface, they store nearly 550 billion tonnes of carbon [3] —as much carbon as in all terrestrial biomass and twice as much as in all the world's forests. [4]
Most of it is blanket peat bog in the highlands, but there are a few hundred hectares of peatland in lowland areas. [121] Some peatland areas in Wales are in poor condition. In 2020, the Welsh Government established a five-year peatland restoration initiative, which will be implemented by Natural Resources Wales (NRW). [122]
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Work is under way to re-wet peatland at Purbeck, Dorset. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
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]
A peatland is a type of wetland whose soils consist of organic matter from decaying plants, forming layers of peat. Peatlands arise because of incomplete decomposition of organic matter, usually litter from vegetation , due to water-logging and subsequent anoxia . [ 1 ]
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 ...