Bringing together world-class experts from science, policy and practice to highlight and debate the importance of peatlands from an ecological, social and economic perspective, this book focuses on ...
For example, most of Scotland’s drinking water is filtered through peatlands. Healthy peatlands produce clean water which requires fewer chemicals to treat. Peatland cover 20% of Scotland's land. The ...
During the recent ecological restoration of a Scottish island’s spongy peatland, an excavator’s bucket hit something unexpectedly solid: an old propeller blade, once attached to a military plane that ...
Glucose addition to peatland soils promotes decomposition of older buried carbon through enhanced microbial activity, according to DNA analysis and isotope labelling of peatland soil. River-lake ...
Significant inconsistencies and gaps in science and policies for peatland protection in Peru’s Imiría Regional Conservation Area have led to long-standing conflicts with Indigenous Shipibo ...
This groundbreaking project, titled “Improving Falkland Peatland GHG Data: Understanding Carbon Sequestration and Offsetting Feasibility,” aims to not only address environmental concerns but ...
But it is claimed that the most influential climate change body advising large corporations does not recognise peatland restoration as a legitimate means of offsetting greenhouse gas emissions.
A LEADING bog restoration project is rooted in the sale of charity Christmas trees. Possibly Scotland's first community-funded bog restoration initiative, Friends of Leadburn Community Woodland (FLCW) ...