Clifton Bain Director, IUCN UK Peatland Programme
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Clifton BainDirector, IUCN UK Peatland
Programme
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Commission of Inquiry on UK Peatlands Patrons from Science, Policy & Practice:
Lord Lindsay, Sir Graham Wynne, Prof Andrew Watkinson Core Panel & Advisory Committee
“Investing in Peatlands” Conferences 2010, Durham: The Climate Challenge 2011, Stirling: Funding for Peatlands 2012, Bangor: Delivering Restoration
Website: www. iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org Partner Initiatives Communicate Key Findings
IUCN UK Peatland Programme
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• At a global scale peatlands store about the same amount of
carbon that is present in the atmosphere.
• ~500 Pg in peatlands
• Loss of 1.6% of peatland C = total annual human C emissions
• Loss of 0.6% of peatland C = total annual increase in atmospheric CO2-C
•In the UK, peatlands cover approximately 15% of the land area.
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Peatland Ecosystem Services• Biodiversity, sport and leisure• Climate change mitigation and adaptation• Water quality and supply
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Sphagnum building blocks
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RSPB Forsinard Reserve Blocking Hill Drains
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% bare peat
% Sphagnum
Data J.Holden Defra SP0572
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Water
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Around 70% of the water sources used for public water supply, derive from the uplands of Britain.
Restoring peatlands could lead to improved raw water quality and result in a range of benefits.
Carbon and Cost: Reduced power and chemical costs for treatment processes resulting from extending the cleaning / replacement cycles. Could also result in reduction in capital maintenance spend.
Water Quality: Improvement to (or reduce the risk of further deterioration of) the raw water quality envelope especially preventing peak conditions for colour, turbidity and TOC - it is also likely to improve stability of disinfection.
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Biodiversity
• unique & specialised• part or full life cycle• sensitive to pollution, management & climate change
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Couwenberg et al (in revision) Hydrobiologia -
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Moors for the Future
Black Hill 2005
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Moors for the Future
landscape scale restoration
Black Hill 2008
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Forest planting
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