Simple Changes #13
Use peat-free compost in planting schemes across cities, towns and villages
Problem
Peat bogs provide a home for specialist wildlife and plants that depend on this rare habitat for their survival. They take thousands of years to form but can be destroyed in just a few years, and now 80% of British peatlands are in a poor condition due to peat extraction, poor management and forestry planting. This is a problem, not only in terms of biodiversity but also for mitigating climate change, as peat bogs act as huge stores for carbon as well as rainwater.
Simple Change
By using peat-free compost in your planting schemes, less peat bogs will be drained, and you will be preventing carbon being released back into the atmosphere whilst helping to protect the communities in valleys below from flooding
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