peatland

[peet-land]

noun

1. an extensive tract of land where peat has formed.

peatland

/ ˈpiːtˌlænd /

noun

1. an area of land consisting of peat bogs, usually containing many species of flora and fauna

Word History and Origins

Origin of peatland¹

First recorded in 1905–10; peat ¹ + -land

Example Sentences

According to a new study published in Nature Geoscience, the research team now believes that rapid shifts in regional wind patterns created conditions that favored widespread peatland development.

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"It's almost impossible to deliver some of the peatland restoration, the river restoration - alongside building houses, bringing forward renewables, creating businesses - unless you have scale of ownership," she said.

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But soil drainage gradually impoverishes the land, posing a threat to local farmers and releasing the CO2 captured by the peatland which are important carbon sinks.

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The firm vowed to establish the UK's biggest native woodland and peatland restoration project, supported by sales of its Lost Forest lager.

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"It's possible that for certain areas, peatland re-wetting and growing rice may be a viable option. In other areas, we may continue to grow our conventional crops, but under different conditions," he says.

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