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  1. Eryri National Park Peatland Restoration Projects, Wales
    "By working closely with farmers and graziers we can ensure that they can continue to graze the land. Sustainable grazing benefits the peatland as it helps to keep it healthy by preventing any one species from dominating."
    eryri.gov.wales/protect/conser

    #SolarPunkSunday #Peat #Farming #Grazing #Sustainability #Conservation #ERYRI #PeatLand #Agriculture #Wales #Snowdonia

  2. Eryri National Park Peatland Restoration Projects, Wales
    "By working closely with farmers and graziers we can ensure that they can continue to graze the land. Sustainable grazing benefits the peatland as it helps to keep it healthy by preventing any one species from dominating."
    eryri.gov.wales/protect/conser

    #SolarPunkSunday #Peat #Farming #Grazing #Sustainability #Conservation #ERYRI #PeatLand #Agriculture #Wales #Snowdonia

  3. Eryri National Park Peatland Restoration Projects, Wales
    "By working closely with farmers and graziers we can ensure that they can continue to graze the land. Sustainable grazing benefits the peatland as it helps to keep it healthy by preventing any one species from dominating."
    eryri.gov.wales/protect/conser

    #SolarPunkSunday #Peat #Farming #Grazing #Sustainability #Conservation #ERYRI #PeatLand #Agriculture #Wales #Snowdonia

  4. Eryri National Park Peatland Restoration Projects, Wales
    "By working closely with farmers and graziers we can ensure that they can continue to graze the land. Sustainable grazing benefits the peatland as it helps to keep it healthy by preventing any one species from dominating."
    eryri.gov.wales/protect/conser

    #SolarPunkSunday #Peat #Farming #Grazing #Sustainability #Conservation #ERYRI #PeatLand #Agriculture #Wales #Snowdonia

  5. Eryri National Park Peatland Restoration Projects, Wales
    "By working closely with farmers and graziers we can ensure that they can continue to graze the land. Sustainable grazing benefits the peatland as it helps to keep it healthy by preventing any one species from dominating."
    eryri.gov.wales/protect/conser

    #SolarPunkSunday #Peat #Farming #Grazing #Sustainability #Conservation #ERYRI #PeatLand #Agriculture #Wales #Snowdonia

  6. University of Waterloo: Canadian Peatland Data Portal debuts as a landmark tool for climate research and policy. “Peatlands cover upwards of 12 per cent of Canada’s landscape and store more carbon than all other ecosystems in the country combined… Yet until now, information on these critical ecosystems has been difficult to find. To address this gap, the Can-Peat Network at the University […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/17/university-of-waterloo-canadian-peatland-data-portal-debuts-as-a-landmark-tool-for-climate-research-and-policy/
  7. "The degradation of peatland by human intervention has left about 15% of the world’s peatlands drained, releasing huge amounts of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, from the carbon stored within peat soils. CO2 emissions from drained and burned peatlands equate to 10% of all annual fossil fuel emissions"

    #Peat #PeatBogs #Dartmoor

    ‘The start of the healing process’: the vital work to restore Britain’s peatlands | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/environment/20

  8. In a world of #rum,
    be #peat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🥃.

  9. So, even if some peat (Canadian peat) is allegedly harvested *sustainably*, I'm thinking this article lays out the problems with using #Peat succinctly and without the hype!

    #CornellCooperativeExtension - #PeatMoss and #Sustainability

    Excerpt: "Besides #overharvesting, #PeatBogs, #Fens and #PeatSwamps are threatened by climate change, habitat and nearby developments that can change the nature of surrounding areas. They are sensitive to disturbance. There is research that suggests that harvesting of peat bogs adds to climate change by releasing carbon stored in these bogs.

    "Peat bogs and fens in America are where #CarnivorousPlants, like #sundews, #bladderworts and #PitcherPlants, and #BogOrchids live side-by-side. The acidic nature of bogs/fens and humidity create the perfect environment for peat moss, orchids and carnivorous plants. #Peatlands are also home to other species that rely on their composition. #Turtles, birds such as #PalmWarblers and #EasternTowhees, #snakes and #grouse, to name a few.

    "There are alternatives to peat moss that are more sustainable. #CocoCoir is a material made from the fibers of the coconut husk. When dried, it is packaged into bricks. Once re-hydrated, it can be used in garden containers to both absorb water and keep the soil from drying out. It can be used in the potting mix or on top of the soil instead of mulch. #RiceHulls can be used for drainage in container plant pots. Both coco coir and rice hulls are sustainable. Additionally, #compost can be used in place of peat moss. Coco coir, rice hulls and compost can all be used alone or mixed in with a commercial potting mix to make using peat moss more sustainable."

    Learn more:
    cce.cornell.edu/orleans/peat-m

    #SolarPunkSunday #PeatAlternatives #PottingSoil #Sustainability #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #CoconutCoir

  10. As I suspected, the article is BS! I would read the next article in the thread for the truth about using peat!

    Hmmmm... I found an article about #Canadian #PeatMoss being produced more #sustainably, but I'm not 100% convinced of that... Anyone care to chime in?

    Peat Moss in the Garden: Is it Sustainable?

    garden.org/learn/articles/view

    #SolarPunkSunday #PottingSoil #Peat

  11. Artificial peat in just a few minutes – ATB in Potsdam files two patents for the simple and scalable production of artificial peat from biomass
    #Peat substitute #bioeconomy #Moorland conservation #Soil
    nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025

  12. Alaska’s unique composition makes it an incredible carbon sink, storing easily over 30 billion metric tons of CO2 If released, through the melting of the permafrost or draining of the #peat bogs through mining and oil drilling operations, we wouldn’t live to tell the tale

  13. Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront
    A project to restore coastal #wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, #worms, #larvae and #plankton

    theguardian.com/world/2025/oct

    #142holdheap #nature #ecology #Environment #WildLife #Plants #ecosystem #peat #marsh

  14. Worth highlighting:

    "Growing at just one millimetre per year, each metre of peat stores a millennium of the past."

    Chad Alexander

    #peat
    #quotes

  15. "There is more carbon stored in peatlands than in all the above-ground vegetation in the world. They account for 3% of landmass, but hold at least 30% of soil carbon. Seventy per cent of the UK’s drinking water starts its journey on peatlands, where the bogs not only filter but also slow water, helping to mitigate flooding. This is why draining, extracting and turning peat into agricultural land has consequences"

    #Environment #Peat #Bogs #Nature

    theguardian.com/environment/20

  16. 67,000 homes in Ireland still use peat for heating. However, Bord Na Mona stopped extracting peat last year and closed its last peat power station. Now restoring peatlands which in a dried out, denatured state are carbon emitters. Big wind farms now on former extraction sites too. A great deal of historical damage has been done.
    #peat #climate #Ireland
    On Ireland’s peat bogs: climate action clashes with tradition – in pictures | The Guardian.
    Alert: mandatory #cookies
    theguardian.com/environment/ga

  17. “Peatland degradation is second only to tropical deforestation as a source of greenhouse gas emissions from land use, yet peatlands are often overlooked in conservation and climate policy.”

    carbonbrief.org/just-17-of-wor

    #Climate #ClimateScience #LandUse #LULUCF #Peat #Conservation #Biodiversity #Ecology