Securing tonnes of carbon.
Some 311 acres of peatland in Kildare were rehabilitated in the past year.
Bord na Móna has said it rehabilitated nearly 12,800 acres of peatlands in the past year securing at least 7.5 million tonnes of carbon.
It is part of a scheme which begun in 2021 aimed at securing a vast peatlands carbon store, lowering emissions, and reviving the carbon capture function of peatlands.
The scheme is supported by €108 million of government and European funding and €18 million from Bord na Móna.
The company is using a range of enhanced rehabilitation measures to transform extensive areas of peatlands across the midlands of Ireland.
The total amount of peatlands now rehabilitated and restored is over 61,000 acres.
It says this is an area equivalent of about 19,600 GAA pitches, that if put end to end would stretch from Dublin to Moscow, over 2,800 km.
There are nearly 300 people employed in Peatland Rehabilitation and associated operations in the company.
It says many of these new roles have been taken up by people who were previously employed in the extraction and transport of mostly peat-based fossil fuels.
The company has also recruited engineers, ecologists, surveyors to deliver in the design and implementation of this highly significant environmental scheme.
This growing area is creating a rich mosaic of biodiverse peatlands, incorporating important carbon sinks and stores.
These extensive areas of restored and rehabilitated bogs are increasing biodiversity and providing new habitats for thousands of native plant and animal species.
The return of nesting Cranes after 300 years show the enormous future potential for nature to renew and restore itself.
Ecologists are confident that the rewetting and rehabilitation programme will deliver similar wins in the future.
Rehabilitation operations for 2021 were focused on eighteen bogs with the lion’s share in counties Offaly and Galway.
The county by county breakdown for 2021 was as follows:
- Kildare: 311acres
- Offaly: 6,224 acres
- Galway: 3,862acres
- Longford: 1,566acres
- Roscommon: 875acres
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