England Peat Status GHG and C storage

The Peat Layer was produced by Natural England (ARM team) during June-October 2008, with the aim of identifying the extent of three classes of peaty soils for the purposes of the Partnership Project to Protect and Enhance Peat Soils (aka. The Peat Project). The Peat Project is a joint initiative of Defra, Natural England, the Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Welsh Assembly Government, Countryside Council for Wales, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Cadw and the Department for Energy and Climate Change, and aims to improve coordination between these partners in our efforts to understand, manage and restore peaty soils.BGS, Cranfield University (NSRI) and OS must be acknowledged in any reports or documents produced as a result of using the Peat layer. Attribution statement: Contains IPR from Cranfield University (NSRI) soils data and BGS geological data. Derived from 1:50 000 scale BGS Digital Data under Licence 2006/072 British Geological Survey. © NERC.National Soils map © Cranfield University (NSRI) © Crown Copyright and database rights [year]. © Natural England copyright [Year], reproduced with the permission of Natural England, https://www.gov.uk/help/terms-conditions © Crown Copyright and database right [year]. Ordnance Survey licence number 100022021./.

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Last Updated October 9, 2025, 16:05 (UTC)
Created February 1, 2021, 09:27 (UTC)