"Restoration of peat bogs may preserve some of the benefits they provide while having negative impacts on other uses. So, how important are they to you?"

Peat bogs are useful to society in many ways – they regulate our water flows and sequester greenhouse gases while serving as a historical archive of our past and protecting unique plant and animal species. However, many peat bogs have been drained or converted to other land uses to provide other rewards such as food and timber.

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute