Deciding future management options for afforested deep peatland in Scotland

Authors:
Julia Garritt

Book:
Responsible Management of Peatlands

Venue:
Aberdeen

Keywords:
climate-change, deep-peatland, management-of-peatland, scotland

Documentfile:
abd17pdf.garritt.pdf

Summary:

In 2015, Forestry Commission Scotland published a practice guide to help forest managers in Scotland decide future management options for afforested deep peat sites (defined here as soils with a peat layer of 50 cm or more). A high proportion of productive forests in Scotland…