Scottish Government grant programme funding voluntary peatland restoration by landowners; 90,000 ha on path to recovery and 14,860 ha restored in 2024–25 alone, against a £250 million, 250,000 ha 2030 target, reducing the 15% of Scottish emissions from damaged peat.
Peatland ACTION is the Scottish Government's grant programme funding voluntary peatland restoration by landowners, addressing the roughly 15% of Scottish emissions that come from damaged peat, against a £250 million commitment to restore 250,000 ha by 2030.
Results
Around 90,000 ha are on a path to recovery, with 14,860 ha restored in 2024–25 alone.
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Belarus has rewetted 89,400 hectares of degraded peatlands since 2007—the largest UNDP-supported peatland restoration programme in Europe—cutting ~3 million tCO₂e …
World's first peatland-rewetting carbon standard, launched 2011 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. MoorFutures certificates (EUR 30-123/tCO2e) fund bog rewetting across four German states; …
The UK's quality-assurance standard for peatland restoration: it issues verified carbon units for rewetting degraded peat, delivering bundled carbon, water …
