Authors:
Michiel Gerding
Book:
Responsible Management of Peatlands
Venue:
Aberdeen
Keywords:
netherlands, peat-moss, united-kingdom
Documentfile:
abd17pdf.gerding.pdf
Summary:
Ever since the Middle Ages the commercial use of peat for fuel has been an almost exclusively Dutch affair. Thanks to a comprehensive system of canals and natural waterways vast areas of peatlands could be drained, dredged and dug and turned into vast quantities of black sod peat. Households and…