Value a wetland

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Valuing mires and peatland

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This page is being built. You will draw a mire or a drained peatland and compare it drained with rewetted.

It will show

Carbon in peatHow much CO₂ and methane the peat gives off drained, and what rewetting would save.
Water held backThe nitrogen and phosphorus a wetland keeps from lakes and the sea, and how it evens out floods and droughts.
Wetland natureProtected mires, birds and the habitats that need water at the surface.