Dalnacardoch Estate Peatland Restoration Project

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Dalnacardoch Estate Peatland Restoration Project Lot 1: Scotland’s peatlands represent one of the most significant carbon stores, but large areas are degraded often as result of historic patterns of land management. Degraded peatlands can release carbon contributing to the enhanced greenhouse effect. The Scottish Government has decided that peatlands, in degraded condition, should be restored where possible to help mitigate the impacts of future climate change. With the aim of restoring areas of degraded peatland, Peatland ACTION was established in 2012. Funded by the Scottish Government and managed through five delivery Organisations which include the Cairngorms National Park Authority, Peatland ACTION has helped to put more than 43,000ha of impacted peatland on the road to recovery to date. Restoration work is funded under the assumption that treatment work has a net positive effect on the carbon balance of a site, whether slowing losses or promoting gains. This SoR sets out the requirements for the delivery of a project to restore degraded peat on this land holding that will help deliver this objective and provide other associated environmental benefits.