Great #BBC documentary on #Peatland all over! Fuel or pharmacopoeia, potting or poetry, and #carbon stock par excellence.

In #Scotland including Prof. Roxanne Andersen of UHI in the #FlowCountry #UNESCO_world_heritage_site, and in #Ireland, #Finland and #Canada.
1h in English or 3x 1h in Gaelic...

In the UK, you'll get it from iPlayer...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00206l5/secrets-in-the-peat

🎉 Scotland's Flow Country has been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site! 🌍 This incredible peatland landscape is celebrated for its vital role in combating climate change by storing vast amounts of carbon. Let’s protect and cherish this natural wonder! 🌿 - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/26/scotland-flow-country-becomes-world-heritage-site-unesco

#FlowCountry #UNESCO #WorldHeritage #ClimateAction #Scotland #GoodNews

@goodnews

Scottish #bog gets world heritage status https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2gz1p2v12o

After an almost 40-year campaign, a stunning but little-known UK landscape has been awarded world heritage status. The #FlowCountry of Caithness and Sutherland in the far north of #Scotland covers almost 2,000 sq km of one of the most intact and extensive blanket bog systems in the world. Blanket #bogs are wetland ecosystems created when #peat, a #soil made up of partially decayed matter, accumulates in waterlogged conditions.

#flowCountry #Scotland#Wetlands #ClimateChange #ecology
The Unesco verdict is expected this year sometime for Caithness and Sutherlands flow country
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66728187It is special because it contains the most extensive blanket bog system in the world.

It is called a blanket bog because the peat, which holds water, extends across both the hills and the glens.
The peatland has been building up for about 9,000 years and each metre of depth represents about a millennium.