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Cutover & Cutaway Bogs - Homepage
During peat extraction ...
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IPCC information sheets - Where to bogs occur
European peat mining companies. When survey information is made available, significant ... . Today, in the Republic of Ireland, due to drainage, peat extraction and commercial developments, only 19% of the original area ... the World Volume 4B, Mires: Swamp, Bog, Fen & Moor. Country Peat area (ha) Peat area (% of land area) 1 Finland 10,000 ...
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Restoring and Preserving Great Lakes Wetlands
Port Colborne west to the Grand River. However, extensive drainage projects and 80 years of peat extraction have shrunk the bog to a 1,200 hectare island in a sea of urban ... counter the trend, the conservation authority has begun blocking some of the old ditches and peat canals that were draining water off the site. The authority has scooped out a series ...
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Friends of the Earth: Campaigners
April 1998 With our peatlands still being mined to boost the profits of peat firms and garden centres, less than six per cent of Britain's original lowland raised peat bog ... protected areas. In addition, this report shows that to this date there is no sustainable extraction of mahogany in the entire Brazilian Amazon. Articles From passive to positive - the Countryside Act ...
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Friends of the Earth: General readers
US Corporation Still Taking the Peat (PDF† format - 87K) August 2001 There are ... peat extraction April 1998 With our peatlands still being mined to boost the profits of peat firms and garden centres, less than six per cent of Britain's original lowland raised peat ... shows that to this date there is no sustainable extraction of mahogany in the entire Brazilian Amazon. ...
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Hop to It - Irish Frog Survey - What Kills Frogs?
Habitat Destruction Over 50% of Ireland's amphibian wetlands have been lost to drainage, industrial peat extraction, pollution and natural senescence in the past 100 years. The terrestrial habitat of frogs is ...
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Lowland Wetland
UK horticulture onto peat alternatives, and updated forestry policy, are expected to reduce some of the pressure. Recently, the UK government has provided compensation to stop peat extraction on England's ... ) Report 365 Characterisation of Hydrological Protection Zones at the Margins of Designated Lowland Raised Peat Bog Sites (2005) National Report submitted to the 8th Meeting of the Conference of ...
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EcologyFund.com, Scotland Info - Expand, preserve and protect Scottish Nature Reserves!
The extent and impact of these activities is variable. More recently, attention has turned ... extensive areas of blanket bog. New guidelines published by the Forestry Commission (Forest and Peat Guidelines) will serve to further protect areas of blanket bog from afforestation. In a ...
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LINK Member Details
These policies would also protect the important wildlife and archaeological value of peat bogs and peat soils and contribute ... , an end to large-scale peat extraction and an urgent programme of peatland restoration. These policies would also conserve biodiversity and archaeological value of peat bogs. Individuals can make ...
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CPAWS | Wilderness conservation and climate change
But when this carbon is released into the atmosphere by logging, mining, peat extraction, oil and gas and hydro-electric development, it contributes to global warming. Our goal By ...
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