Showing posts with label Peat bogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peat bogs. Show all posts

Sunday, 28 July 2024

#347: July 28th: International/World Bog Day

One resource that is being collated is a calendar of global / international 'days' which are relevant to natural history. 

Today is World Bog Day.

This follows the recent designation of the Flow Country as a World Heritage site as mentioned in the previous blog post.

Bog Day is celebrated around the world every year on the fourth Sunday in July.

This annual event, in celebration of bogs, fens, swamps & marshes is an opportunity to raise awareness of peatlands – the benefits they provide, the threats they face and the ways we can all help protect them.

This site is linked to the work of the Global Peatlands Initiative.

A day to read Annie Proulx's book, which is coming up in a future 'Reading List' post.

#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.

#643: The Path More Travelled

A cross posting from my Geo Library blog project - what do you mean you haven't visited? There's over 700 books that would be of in...