{"id":1318205,"date":"2024-05-29T14:05:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T13:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=1318205"},"modified":"2024-05-29T14:06:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T13:06:01","slug":"conservationists-call-for-action-to-halt-peatland-degradation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/conservationists-call-for-action-to-halt-peatland-degradation\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservationists call for action to ‘halt peatland degradation’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC) is urging people “to take one action to halt peatland degradation” in Ireland to mark World Environment Day next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the council “peatlands once covered nearly a fifth of the land area” in Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“However about 80% of this has now been lost or degraded through drainage, peat extraction, forestry plantation, overgrazing, burning and erosion,” it stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n