Peatland being restored (IMAGE)

McGill University

Peatland being restored

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The Orshinski Mokh peatland in Tver Province of the Russian Federation is a raised bog on the Volga River floodplain. A quarter of the peatland was drained for peat extraction between 1930-1990 primarily for fuel for a power station and a large settlement. Nowadays, small enterprises are digging peat for horticultural use and fuel. Between 2012-2019, almost 12,000 ha of this peatland was restored. Monitoring efforts were suspended in 2022 by the start of the war in Ukraine.

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Image: Kirill Shakhmatov

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