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Restore cut away bog or grow biomass !

Markcheese · 2015-12-13 13:40:16

Just wondering what peoples views are on which is better environmentally ( and socially ) Especially in view of the current flooding -

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13-12-2015 2:40pm

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Markcheese

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Just wondering what peoples views are on which is better environmentally ( and socially )
Especially in view of the current flooding -

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#2 16-12-2015 2:55pm
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It has to be restoring bogs. They act as carbon sinks and flood defences.

But what do you mean as either/or - you mean on the same land, give the choice?

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#3 17-12-2015 11:08pm
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Is a cut away bog much of a carbon sink ? And by planting up with willow or alder would you be releasing much of the carbon that remains in situ... would have that soil ( and the carbon it holds) would build up quicker in deciduous forest than a bog -without methane being released ...

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