Brilliant news, though I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a “game-changer”.
> “We have got to find ways of farming that do not use up our precious peat and do not increase carbon emissions.”
Completely agree. We, as a species, need to work out how to live alongside others, rather than in conflict with Earth. This does involve changing our farming practices, which are responsible for around a third of greenhouse gases.
> Part of the Great Fen project will therefore be to trial new farming systems that will not lead to peat loss and associated rises in carbon emissions. The solution is to employ wet farming techniques, or paludiculture, as it formally known.
Beautiful, GFP will trail out new methods of farming. What I found interesting from this article was the different foods that where traditionally grown in boggy area’s like The Fenlands that can’t anyone.
Worth noting, which this article hadn’t, The Fenlands are a natural floodplain. As peat has been eroded over time, it no longer absorbs the water. We are, thanks to sea level rises and storms, at risk of losing The Fenlands permanently.
But please don’t be fooled, a tip bit of good news is no “game changer”. I’d be happy to consider it a local game-changer once at least a third of The Fenlands is under conservation, with the remaining two-thirds under environmental oversight.
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Brilliant news, though I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a “game-changer”.
> “We have got to find ways of farming that do not use up our precious peat and do not increase carbon emissions.”
Completely agree. We, as a species, need to work out how to live alongside others, rather than in conflict with Earth. This does involve changing our farming practices, which are responsible for around a third of greenhouse gases.
> Part of the Great Fen project will therefore be to trial new farming systems that will not lead to peat loss and associated rises in carbon emissions. The solution is to employ wet farming techniques, or paludiculture, as it formally known.
Beautiful, GFP will trail out new methods of farming. What I found interesting from this article was the different foods that where traditionally grown in boggy area’s like The Fenlands that can’t anyone.
Worth noting, which this article hadn’t, The Fenlands are a natural floodplain. As peat has been eroded over time, it no longer absorbs the water. We are, thanks to sea level rises and storms, at risk of losing The Fenlands permanently.
But please don’t be fooled, a tip bit of good news is no “game changer”. I’d be happy to consider it a local game-changer once at least a third of The Fenlands is under conservation, with the remaining two-thirds under environmental oversight.