Huge wildfire 'doubled Scotland's emissions'

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Huge Flow Country wildfire 'doubled Scotland's emissions'

Peat bogs are an important natural store for carbon.

Head of policy Gina Hanrahan said:"This analysis puts into stark figures the importance of our peatlands and the huge cost to climate and nature when something goes wrong."The Flow Country peatbog is formed from layers of dead vegetation such a sphagnum moss Emma Goodyer, from the International Union for Conservation of Nature , said:"Healthy peatlands are more resilient to fire. A great deal of peatland restoration work is being undertaken across the UK already with at least 150 projects carried out in Scotland.

"We are currently updating our Climate Change Plan which will set out detailed actions to deliver on our climate change ambitions," the spokesman said.

 

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