joining up bog at flanders moss - ecocolife · joining up nature across central scotland . alai...
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Flanders Moss NNR
Joining up bog at
Flanders Moss
David Pickett,
Flanders Moss NNR Reserve Manager, Scottish Natural Heritage
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Map showing the changes in extent of peat cover at
Flanders Moss
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Flanders Moss NNR
Summary of EcoCoLIFE project at Flanders Moss
• Helped to join up and restore bog habitat,
• Locking up carbon by rewetting peat,
• Allowing more carbon to be taken from atmosphere,
• Slowing the flow of water off the moss for natural flood risk management,
• Gave chance to try innovative techniques – wood chip dams, stump
flipping, deep trench bunding,
• And this new technique – training dogs for scrub removal.
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