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Sources:

England Peat Action Plan (2021) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/england-peat-action-plan

England’s peatlands mapped for first time in major step towards their recovery https://www.gov.uk/government/news/englands-peatlands-mapped-for-first-time-in-major-step-towards-their-recovery

AI4Peat — Innovative use of AI to map and restore our precious peatlands https://naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/19/ai4peat-innovative-use-of-ai-to-map-and-restore-our-precious-peatlands/

Natural England: Big Budgets, Bigger Headcounts — But Where’s the Delivery? https://www.moorlandassociation.org/post/natural-england-big-budgets-bigger-headcounts-but-where-s-the-delivery

Natural England Peat Map https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/natural-england-peat-map.426019/

A new peat map for England https://naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/12/a-new-peat-map-for-england/

“So this week in the world of farm/environment/land management/ mapping has been ‘interesting’” https://bsky.app/profile/catframpton.bsky.social/post/3lpfowa55j22x

“The tree inventory map! That got rocks and trees confused in a few places and that was made using Al tech with on the ground data.” https://bsky.app/profile/catframpton.bsky.social/post/3lpfozidfsc2x

England Peat Map (NERR149) https://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/5075614867128320