26.09.2011

YALE environment 360:
The Big Payback from Bringing Back Peat Bogs


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The draining and burning of peat bogs is a major global source of CO2 emissions. Now, a pilot project in Russia — where wildfires burned vast areas of dried-out bogs last summer — is looking to re-flood and restore tens of thousands of acres to their natural state.



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