Sunday, 28 July 2024

#346: Flow Country gets World Heritage Listing

Good news that Scotland's Flow Country has been granted World Heritage Listing. It gained its status on the 26th of July 2024.

It's the most intact and extensive blanket bog system in the world.

It's an area I've visited just the once, and many years ago, while on a round-Scotland trip heading for the Isle of Skye.

Peatlands are important carbon sinks as well as habitats for rare species.

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