B.Ogland is a priceless landscape, and the vast moorland of the Flow Country of northern Scotland is considered the largest area of ​​blanket bog in the world. This is a rare type of peatland that blankets the landscape like a blanket and forms in cool, wet climates.

Peat is made primarily from sphagnum moss, and when plants die, their remains are not fully decomposed by the acidic waters of swamps, so the dead moss is buried and becomes peat, along with its carbon content. , its peatlands store 400 million tons of carbon. This is more than double the carbon stored in all of the UK’s forestlands and is making a significant contribution to the fight against the climate crisis.

But Scotland’s peatlands are now facing warmer summers and more frequent droughts, releasing carbon into the atmosphere, making it important to keep the swamps healthy. has become a world leader in efforts to restore wetlands. One of Forsinard Flows’ projects is to remove foreign coniferous plantations and block drains to raise water levels. It may take decades for the bogs to fully recover, but they are returning to health.