WebJul 30, 2024 · Minister for the Natural Environment, Mairi Gougeon, visited the Flow Country’s proposed UNESCO World Heritage Site today. Ms Gougeon met members of the Peatlands Partnership and the local community, and was updated on the heritage site proposal and £10.6 million Flows to the Future Project. She also visited the RSPB … WebJun 9, 2024 · The partnership has hosted 16 drop-in consultation events this year, with the online consultation portal open until 29 July. Flow Country World Heritage Project coordinator Dr Steven Andrews says designation would constitute “an incredible recognition of the world-class nature of the Flow Country’s blanket bog”.
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WebThe proposed Flow Country World Heritage Site represents the most complete and extensive example of an intact and natural blanket bog ecosystem globally. UK Tentative List. All Regions / World Heritage Sites UK Tentative List / Flow Country Flow Country. Blanket bog is a specific and rare form of peatland and the proposed Flow Country … WebThe proposed Flow Country World Heritage Site straddles Caithness and Sutherland, lying at the heart of one of the largest areas of blanket bog anywhere in the world. This … World Heritage listing would be an incredible accolade for the area and the … sickness before chicken pox
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WebThe Peatlands Partnership is announcing the start of an extensive community consultation over a proposed World Heritage Site for The Flow Country, the vast area of peatlands in Sutherland and Caithness that is now widely recognised as being the best peatland of its type in the world. WebJul 29, 2024 · Andy Hay/RSPB Images. Ducklings of the common scoter duck, a bird found in the Flow Country. Bogs in the tundra-like landscape have been growing since the end … WebMay 2, 2024 · The Flow Country covers large areas of Caithness and Sutherland A public consultation is to be held on plans to secure Unesco World Heritage status for … the physical layout of a lan is called the