Peat map: Ordnance Survey launches new project to support investment in peatland restoration

Cecilia Keating
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Fleet Moss peatland restoraration | Credit: Yorkshire Peat Partnership
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Fleet Moss peatland restoraration | Credit: Yorkshire Peat Partnership

Pilot project to harness geospatial data to track peatland health in potential boost to voluntary carbon market

Ordnance Survey has today announced a new project with Natural England and researchers at Durham University, which aims to better analyse and monitor the current condition of peatland across the UK...

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