*[Enwl-eng] These Scottish lands are the largest carbon sink in the world

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            Scottish peatlands are as important to stopping climate change 
as the Amazon rainforest. They must be protected now!

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                 Vladimir,

                  So many of us know about the ecological importance of the 
Amazon rainforest, but not many of us know that an equally-important 
environmental feature is currently being destroyed... in Scotland. I'm 
referring to soggy, boggy peatlands that don't seem sexy but hold 
approximately one-third of carbon in the earth's soil, despite only covering 
3% of the earth's lands. A 1,500 square mile region in Scotland called "the 
Flow Country" is the largest block of peat on the entire globe and also 
constitutes the world's largest store of carbon. Yet, for decades, people 
have been draining these bogs to burn them for fuel and trying to beautify 
the area with trees.

                  Right now, the British government is considering whether 
or not it will ask Unesco to list a portion of the Scottish peatlands as a 
world heritage site. Adding the Flow Country to the world heritage list 
would be a huge step towards conserving these crucial bulwarks against 
global warming. In fact, if the UK were to successfully gain world heritage 
status for this tract of land, it could catapult the entire country towards 
reaching its goal of going net carbon zero. While Western countries rail 
against poorer nations for failing to sufficiently protect the environment, 
oftentimes we haven't been doing any better. We still need to save the 
rainforests - and we also need to preserve Scottish peat moss. Now! Tell 
leaders in the UK that they must request world heritage status for the Flow 
Country as well as pass stronger conservation measures to preserve peatlands 
and save our planet!

                  Thank you for all that you do,

                         Miranda B.
                        The Care2 Petitions Team



                  P.S. Preserving peatlands helps slow climate change by 
pulling carbon from our atmosphere, while destroying them means releasing 
all their stored carbon. The UK must protect peat moss and ask for Unesco 
world heritage status!








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From: Miranda B., Care2 Action Alerts
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2020 12:20 PM
Subject: These Scottish lands are the largest carbon sink in the world


Peat moss holds around 1/3 of the carbon in the earth's soil.
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