Peatland restoration feasibility: how to scope a site before the survey
How to scope a peatland restoration site before the feasibility survey: eligibility, likely survey effort and where to probe first. Sourced and dated.
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Wildfire risk on peatland: what a fire season means for a restoration project
What a fire season means for a peatland project, its carbon buyers and its insurers: the published figures, the open rules and how to read site risk.
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Peatland Code version 2.1: the evidence a project needs before validation
What the Peatland Code field protocol asks for, how long survey data stays valid, and why 430 registered projects have produced only two verified ones.
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Peatland restoration: scoping, carbon and funding
Restoring a degraded bog cuts emissions, holds water and can earn carbon units under the UK Peatland Code. Restoration has averaged about £1,550 a hectare at 2020 prices, with most projects between £191 and £4,483 (ClimateXChange, January 2025), so the evidence that sets the budget matters.
Vireo scopes a site before anyone commits: peat depth and condition, drainage and water, and the evidence a validator asks for. Run your own numbers in the free peatland carbon calculator, then see what the Peatland Code asks for.
Planning restoration across a catchment? Water and catchment evidence shows where restored bog holds water longest, and where natural flood management pays.
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