The South-West peatlands of Dartmoor, Exmoor and Bodmin Moor are potentially huge carbon stores
The crucial benefits of vital moorland restoration works; enhancing carbon storage, improving water storage and providing good quality water, have been revealed through a pioneering collaborative research project.
The innovative Mires on the Moors project has made significant breakthroughs in the quest to identify where peatlands, found on the Moors across the South West, have been damaged by drainage, peat cutting and burning.
The long-term collaboration, underpinned by a series of high-profile research studies, has not only established what condition these peatlands are in, but also how they can be restored to function more naturally.
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