https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy498d400pro
“Dr Peter Jones has spent the past 30 years immersed - quite literally - in
bogs, fens and wetlands, trying to help save the planet and earning himself the
nickname The Bogfather in the process.
These landscapes are now at the forefront of the climate crisis and Jones has
been making an offer that policymakers are finding hard to refuse, a
nature-based solution that tackles climate change, flooding, wildfires and
biodiversity loss all at the same time.
Peatlands store 30% of Wales' land-based carbon, despite covering only 4% of
the surface, but they are about 90% degraded, meaning they leak greenhouse
gases instead of storing them.
Healthy peatland can slow the flow of water, helping prevent flooding, and act
as natural firebreaks during wildfires - both of which are expected to become
more common as the climate warms - and protecting them has become Jones's
lifelong mission.
"I certainly wouldn't have come up with that myself," he laughs when asked
about his nickname.
"A couple of our younger, enthusiastic colleagues started calling me that."
But the name stuck and, given how much work he has done to restore peatland,
few would argue with it, said colleague Hanna Huws.”
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
