A five-year project to restore bogs in Northern Ireland has been branded a success as it comes to an end.
The Garron Plateau and Montiaghs Moss in County Antrim were selected for Co-operation Across Borders for Biodiversity (CABB), along with Pettigoe Plateau in County Fermanagh.
Bogs are important “carbon sinks” – sites that trap carbon out of the atmosphere and prevent it contributing to climate change.
Damaged bogs, as 86% of them are in Northern Ireland, release their stored carbon.
More than £4m from the EU’s special programmes body helped install dams at the sites to block agricultural drains, allow the water table to rise and restore the bogs.
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