Caibidil:
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RD O27
Encourage the re-wetting, restoring and/or re-wilding of former cutaway bogs and peatlands with an emphasis on maximising biodiversity and carbon sequestration.
Climate change, as the BOGLAND Report shows (EPA, 2011) that unless peatland is rehabilitated/restored correctly they will not withstand the climatic changes we are facing. The sites not fully rehabbilitated will revert back to carbon sources as we feel the dryer summer and wetter winters. We need to maximise the biodiversity and climate change mitigation potential of peatlands.