Peatlands ‘more important than rainforests’


Ridge Carbon Capture's Betsy Glasgow-Vasey says peatland restoration is incredibly expensive and so there is a need to find something that makes it economically viable. – Ridge Carbon Capture website pic, March 9, 2023.

ON A windswept hillside in a remote corner of northern England, a peatland restoration plan pooling public and private money is underway which proponents claim provides a model for climate change mitigation.

Deploying a tank-like vehicle, helicopter, digger and a dozen-strong team building dams and other defences, the “Ridge Graham” project will return the site to its original waterlogged state, locking in carbon dioxide (CO2).


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