Afforested Deep Peat
Areas in Wales where deep peat sites have been restored to forest. This dataset comprises the total afforested deep peat, including modified deep peat, in Wales and is categorised as Broadleaved or predominantly broadleaved, Conifer or Predominantly Conifer and Transition. The datasets gives information on soil type along with the species (broadleaved and conifer) replanted or whether the transformation of the site is still in transition. Peatland in pristine or good condition provides a range of critical ecosystem services, including biodiversity, carbon storage and sequestration, regulation of stream base flows, water runoff and downstream flood peaks and nutrient regulation and retention. Peatlands are also sinks and sources of several natural greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). More than 75% of deep peat soils in Wales are covered in semi-natural vegetation. Most of this is upland blanket bog, with significant amounts of fen and flush and, locally, lowland raised bog. These are all UK Biodiversity Action Plan priority habitats with UK and Welsh targets for habitat management and restoration. In order to deliver the habitat restoration targets set out in the Welsh Environmental Strategy, there is a need to progressively restore semi-natural habitat in afforested areas. Restoration measures should seek to better integrate the key objectives of nature conservation, soil carbon protection, carbon sequestration and water quality.
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Identification
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- NRW_DS119221
- Alternative Title
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- Mawn Dwfn wedi'i Goedwigo
- Metadata Language
- English
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This dataset was created by intersecting deep and modified peat from the Wales Total Peatland layer with Interpreted Forest Types from the National Forest Inventory. This gives a dataset of all afforested deep peat and modified deep peat in Wales and can be visualised by Broadleaved or predominantly broadleaved, Conifer or predominantly conifer and Transition (mostly felled, ground under preparation or young trees).
- Additional Information
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Forest Research report: 'A Strategic Assessment of the Afforested Peat Resource in Wales'
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 2020-10-27
Temporal Extent
- Begin date
- 2011-01-01
- End date
- 2012-12-31
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Planning cadastre
- Farming
- Biota
Extent
Extent
- Geographic Extent
- Wales (WLS)
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Quality
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This dataset was created by intersecting deep and modified peat from the Wales Total Peatland layer with Interpreted Forest Types from the National Forest Inventory. This gives a dataset of all afforested deep peat and modified deep peat in Wales and can be visualised by Broadleaved or predominantly broadleaved, Conifer or predominantly conifer and Transition (mostly felled, ground under preparation or young trees).
Keywords
Keywords
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-06-01
Keywords
- NRW Thesaurus
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- land use
- landscape management
- land cover (landcover)
- peatland conservation
- peatlands
- environmental conservation
- environmental management
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-12-31
Keywords
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- land management
- environment
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Citation
- Date (Revision)
- 2013-04-03
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- Mountains, Moorland and Heaths (SMNR)
- Woodlands (SMNR)
- Provisioning Services (SMNR)
- Ecosystem (SMNR)
- Geodiversity (SMNR)
- Soils (SMNR)
- Soil and Land (SMNR)
- Cultural Services (SMNR)
- Management Areas (SMNR)
- Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (SMNR)
- Physical Geography (physiography) (SMNR)
- Ecosystem Services (SMNR)
- Regulating Services (SMNR)
- Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
- Climate (SMNR)
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- Date (Revision)
- 2023-12-27
Spatial Reference System
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Content Information
NRW Profile
Custom Elements
Constraints
Constraints
Limitations on Public Access and Use
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- no limitations
Access Constraints Text
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The following data is considered derived data and is therefore jointly owned by NRW, BGS, OS, CEH & CU. NRW may provide access to this dataset on request in some circumstances. NRW may NOT publish or disseminate it in its entirety.
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© CNC/NRW and BGS,OS, CEH & CU. NRW will only release this data in some circumstances and does NOT grant permission to third parties to re-use or disseminate this dataset unless they have a valid data use licence from the originators of the raw data used to derive these products. Attribution Statement: Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. © Crown copyright and database right Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444 Mapping derived from 1:50,000 scale, BGS DiGMapGB ©NERC National Soils Map © Cranfield University (NSRI) LC0023/004-3 [2011] Centre for Ecology & Hydrology information ©NERC (CEH) 2011. © Crown copyright and database right [2011]
Metadata
Metadata
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- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313139323231 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-05-31T09:17:57.104Z
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- NRW
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1.0