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Peatland ACTION — Programa de restauración de turberas (Escocia)

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Programa de subvenciones del Gobierno Escocés que financia la restauración voluntaria de turberas; 90.000 ha en vías de recuperación y 14.860 ha restauradas solo en 2024-25, con un compromiso de £250 millones y objetivo de 250.000 ha para 2030, reduciendo el 15% de las emisiones escocesas procedentes de turberas degradadas.

90,000 ha

Turberas en vías de recuperación

14,860 ha

Superficie restaurada en 2024–25 (2024–25)

250,000 ha / £250M

Compromiso para 2030

Peatland ACTION — Programa de restauración de turberas (Escocia)

Details

Maturity: Scaling
Promoter: NatureScot / Scottish Government
Period: 2012–present
Keywords: government, peatland, carbon, restoration, grants, climate

Context

Peatland ACTION es el programa de subvenciones del Gobierno escocés que financia la restauración voluntaria de turberas por parte de los propietarios, frente al aproximadamente 15% de las emisiones escocesas procedentes de turba dañada, con un compromiso de 250 millones de libras para restaurar 250.000 ha para 2030.

Results

Alrededor de 90.000 ha están en vías de recuperación, con 14.860 ha restauradas solo en 2024–25.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-06-22
NatureScot / Scottish Government — accessed 2026-06-22
IUCN UK Peatland Programme — Peatland ACTION record milestone — accessed 2026-06-22
Scottish Government — Peatland ACTION five-year plan 2025–2030 — accessed 2026-06-22
NatureScot — Carbon facts and figures leaflet — accessed 2026-06-22

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Quality score: 73/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Observational / pre–post

Top 4% in this catalogue (335 scored practices)

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Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced3/3

Scotland's 1.7-billion-tonne peat carbon store is quantified; damaged peatland drives ~15% of national GHG emissions; NatureScot monitoring confirms GHG reductions and older restored sites are measured CO₂ sinks.

Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced2/3

Restored peatlands support blanket-bog specialists (Sphagnum, sundews, golden plover, curlew); monitored by NatureScot but full biodiversity recovery takes decades and programme-wide species data are still limited.

Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control2/3

Drain-blocking raises water tables, reducing dissolved organic carbon export, attenuating floods and stabilising peat — documented in NatureScot and IUCN UK Peatland Programme publications.

Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced1/3

Rewetted peatlands are substantially less susceptible to wildfire than drained ones; Scotland's baseline fire risk is low, limiting practical significance of this benefit.

Governance, certification & transferability3/3

Delivered by NatureScot under Scottish Government mandate with a statutory 2030 target and £250M commitment; integrates with the UK Peatland Code; model actively replicated in Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland.

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