Forests are Great, But They Aren't Great Everywhere

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We should be thinking about all the different ways we can maximize carbon storage in any given landscape. This might mean restoring peat lands, or protecting healthy grass lands and forests. And it might mean plentyg more trees. That one answer doesn't apply to every problem.

A few years back, 99pi producer Emmett FitzGerald brought us a beautiful story about peat bogs. Peat is essential for biodiversity and for the climate – it is really, really good at storing carbon. But like a lot of things we cover on the show, peat often goes unnoticed, in part because it is literally out of sight underground. We’ve noticed peat and carbon sequestration more and more in the news lately. Journalists have been brilliantly covering stories about the tree planting movement, private ownership of Scotland’s bogs, and the threat to peat in the Congo Basin. Couple that with more extreme weather happening in more places, we thought it would be a good idea to repeat this story.

For the Love of Peat