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How could Devon's peatlands fall victim to climate change? (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Peat is formed over thousands of years from partially decayed plants in waterlogged conditions. Its ability to absorb and store carbon dioxide means peatlands are key to the UK's ambition of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.

However, our peatlands are under a two-pronged attack - from the past and from the future.

Historic damage caused by human activities like farming, forestry and peat cutting has left 87% of England's peatlands degraded and dried out, emitting tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year, according to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, external (Defra).

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