This restoration covers 91 ha owned by the Assynt Foundation, which was set up to make a community buy out of two estates in the northwest Highlands of Scotland. Delivered in April 2023, Cùl Mòr is now under audit by the ICUN Peatland Code.
A combination of bare peat re-vegetation, hag re-profiling, ditch blocking and drain blocking will allow the water table to rise and peat-forming plant species to re-colonise the area. These plants sequester carbon while they are alive and the waterlogged habitat prevents them from decomposing when they die, resulting in their carbon being stated as layers of peat.
91 hectares
Winter 2023
17,399 tonnes CO2
Community
Flood Mitigation
Water Quality
Wildlife
