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99% peatlands gone and still going

Hondo75 · 2015-01-12 23:06:04

The original pristine raised bog area of 311,000 hectares has been reduced to 18,000 hectares :eek: If this was the rainforest their would be an outcry.. http://www.villagemagazine.ie/index.php/2015/01/99-gone-and-still-going/

12-01-2015 11:06pm

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Hondo75

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The original pristine raised bog area of 311,000 hectares has been reduced to 18,000 hectares :eek:

If this was the rainforest their would be an outcry..

http://www.villagemagazine.ie/index.php/2015/01/99-gone-and-still-going/

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#2 12-01-2015 11:39pm

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Painful reading.

Unfortunately no cease order can be given until the court case.

hopefully they get reamed with environmental fines.

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#3 13-01-2015 10:48pm

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The issue of industrial peat harvesting was mentioned on Eco Eye tonight (http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10364186/). Would have been nice if they gave at least bit of a mention to the smaller scale turfcutting, but still good that the issue is given some attention - might wake some people up to the lunacy of it all!

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