CONSERVATION plans are underway to create a Great North Bog to restore thousands of acres of peatland stretching from the Peak District to the Scottish Borders. The area covers five national parks including the Peak District, Yorkshire Dales, North York Moors, the Lake District and Northumberland. The peatland restoration project is estimated to cost in excess of £200m over a 20-year lifespan and involves protecting and restoring 2,700sq miles of upland peat. The Great North Bog area is estimated to store more than 400m tonnes of carbon. Due to annual erosion and the drying-out process of peatlands, it is estimated 3.7m tonnes of carbon is released per year. This equates to approximately one per cent of the UK’s annual carbon emission of 350m tonnes. Peat bogs are the dead remains of trees and plantlife that died more than 12,000 years ago.
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