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Environment Minister Edwin Poots has visited the Peatland Pavilion at COP26 in Glasgow to see the "global significance" of peatlands in tackling climate
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Environment Minister Visited Cuilcagh Mountain Special Area of Conservation
Image source: Kelvin Boyes, Press Eye Northern Ireland Environment Minister, Edwin Poots, has launched a public consultation on a new 20-year plan to restore the region’s peatland. The minister launched the draft Northern Ireland Peatland Strategy 2021-2040, during a visit to Cuilcagh Mountain Special Area of Conservation in Co. Fermanagh, during which he met with local landowners and Ulster Wildlife. The groups are working with partners through the Collaborative Action for the Natural Network (CANN) project to restore precious peatland habitat on this iconic mountain. Due to the popularit...