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Scientist dubbed The Bogfather is restoring peatland to fight climate change

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Dr. Peter Jones has spent 30 years restoring Wales' peatlands, which store 30% of the country's land-based carbon despite covering only 4% of the surface but being 90% degraded. Healthy peatland restoration simultaneously tackles climate change, flooding, wildfires, and biodiversity loss.

Worth noting

Restoration is ongoing; long-term carbon sequestration and ecosystem recovery depend on sustained, large-scale implementation across Wales.

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