7.7K views · 96 reactions | A group of volunteers are helping restore the peat bog at the Ulster American Folk Park. | Belfast Live | Facebook

13 reactions | NI Water in conjunction with RSPB and NIEA used a SCAMP approach to restore 2000ha of peat bog on the Garron Plateau in Antrim. Grazing densities were reduced and bog drains dug in the 1960s were blocked in order to restore the former quality of the bog, promote carbon sequestration and filter drinking water for abstraction by NI Water. | Northern Ireland Water | Facebook

Did you know peatlands in the UK store more carbon than all the forests in the UK, France and Germany combined and that blanket bog on Fleet Moss in the Upper Dales can be seen from space - but not in a good way! This film from our friends Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Yorkshire Peat Partnership tells you everything about the crucial role these landscapes play in carbon and water storage and why restoration projects in the Dales are so important. Amy was recently a volunteer with our Up Skill Dow

3K views · 101 reactions | In Celebration of 30 years on the air: An...

A peat bog restoration project in Northern Ireland is helping to create cleaner drinking water while tackling climate change. The bog is located on the shores of Lough Bradan in County Tyrone, which supplies the Omagh and Drumquin areas with water. #COP26BBC | BBC News NI

3.5K views · 44 reactions | Our Yorkshire Peat Partnership colleagues...

Today we attended the wonderful @earthsonicproject Live event at @mcrmuseum✨ The event was all about how music, climate and nature action can collide. We had a fantastic time talking peat, pledges and people power. 🎶 We were there with the Lancashire Peat Partnership, asking everyone to make peatland pledges, recruiting the next generation of ‘bog heroes’, and generally chatting all things peatlands. We also delivered a talk on how we brought the Manchester Argus butterfly back to the mosses af