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Deep peat extraction
Extraction of intact raised bog
pump discharging water
eroding drainage channel

Peat - Climate Change


Once a bog is drained the peat soil decomposes and it changes from being a carbon sink and store to a source. Protection of bogs should be a major part of irelands contribution to climate change.

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