Peat Top Ten Sites
This dataset comprises the National Assessment top 10 sites for potential peat restoration. 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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- NRW_DS119292
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- Y Goreuon o'r Safleoedd Mawn
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A national GIS assessment was carried out by Forest Research to identify potential restoration areas in Wales. Five criteria were used in this assessment: peat current suitability, peat hydro suitability, peat green house gas suitability, peat ecology suitability and peat climate suitability. From these five criteria, a combined score was generated and a dataset created of sites which fall into the top 25%. A 100m buffer was added to each site and the ten largest amalgamated areas were identified as top 10 sites for potential restoration.
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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
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- 2011-01-01
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- 2012-12-31
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- Environment
- Planning cadastre
- Farming
- Biota
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- Wales (WLS)
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A national GIS assessment was carried out by Forest Research to identify potential restoration areas in Wales. Five criteria were used in this assessment: peat current suitability, peat hydro suitability, peat green house gas suitability, peat ecology suitability and peat climate suitability. From these five criteria, a combined score was generated and a dataset created of sites which fall into the top 25%. A 100m buffer was added to each site and the ten largest amalgamated areas were identified as top 10 sites for potential restoration.
Keywords
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- Date (Publication)
- 2008-06-01
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- landscape management
- land use
- PEATLANDS
- peatland conservation
- peatlands
- environmental conservation
- environmental management
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- Date (Publication)
- 2023-12-31
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- ENVIRONMENT
- environment
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- 2013-04-03
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- Mountains, Moorland and Heaths (SMNR)
- Woodlands (SMNR)
- Provisioning Services (SMNR)
- Ecosystem (SMNR)
- Geodiversity (SMNR)
- Soils (SMNR)
- Cultural Services (SMNR)
- Soil and Land (SMNR)
- Management Areas (SMNR)
- Climate (SMNR)
- Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (SMNR)
- Ecosystem Services (SMNR)
- Physical Geography (physiography) (SMNR)
- Regulating Services (SMNR)
- Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
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- 2023-12-27
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- no limitations
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The following data is considered derived data and is therefore jointly owned by NRW, BGS, OS & 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 & 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: Mapping derived from 1:50,000 scale, BGS DiGMapGB ©NERC National Soils Map © Cranfield University (NSRI) LC0023/004-3 [2011] Phase 1 habitat mapping, Habitats of Wales © CCW, 100018813 [2011] © Crown copyright and database right [2011] Ordnance Survey Licence number [100025498]
Metadata
Metadata
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- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313139323932 XML
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- English
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- Dataset
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- 2024-05-31T09:23:31.042Z
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1.0