The Irish Times

Flooding ‘not an issue’ at most bog rewetting sites, committee told

Bord na Móna has given assurances it is a “responsible land owner” that will take great care not to flood adjacent farms during its ambitious project to rewet over 80 of its bogs. The semi-state ...
The Irish Times

Farmers to seek assurances on effect of rewetting bogs on lands

Farming organisations will on Tuesday seek assurances from Bord na Móna that the semi-State company’s plan to rewet more than 30,000 hectares of bog will not create new flood plains in the surrounding ...
Independent.ie

IFA and BNM hold ‘positive’ meeting on bog rewetting

IFA and Bord na Móna (BNM) held the first meeting of their new collaborative working group on the semi-state company’s bog rewetting project last week. Describing the engagement as “positive”, IFA ...
EurekAlert!

SMART and NTU Singapore researchers develop method to measure carbon stored in bogs, aiding peatland restoration efforts

The new method by the SMART-NTU team uses satellite data and reduces the need for on-site sampling to derive the three-dimensional shapes of raised peatlands, also known as bogs, and hence the amount ...
The Globe and Mail

Bogged down

As wind turbines on the horizon churn out clean energy, John Smyth bends to stack damp peat – the cheap, smoky fuel he has harvested for half a century. The painstaking work of “footing turf,” as the ...