Peatlands and People will carry out significant peatlands restoration and rehabilitation in Ireland's midlands, bringing together best practices and monitoring and analysing carbon storage in the peatlands.
Learnings from the network of sites on peatland ecosystems, climate change mitigation and adaption, biodiversity and water will be shared. Over time the restored and rehabilitated peatlands are expected to store more carbon, improve water quality and support multiple other benefits.
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- Investigation, assessment and selection of suitable sites
- Preparation of restoration and rehabilitation plans
- Development of drainage management plans
- Review of regulatory requirements
- Implementation of restoration and rehabilitation works
- Vegetation monitoring
- Hydrological monitoring
- Greenhouse gas (GHG) monitoring
- Further reductions in GHGs as more peatlands in Ireland are restored/rehabilitated via complementary actions
- Develop the accelerator model
- Site screening and assessment for the Just Transition Accelerator and People's Discovery Visitor Experience
- Establish the Just Transition Accelerator
- Stakeholder, partnerships and stewardship strategies
- Final site selection and development consent
- Become a self-funding legal entity and further support the midlands in a Just Transition
- Develop a business plan and establish an operational entity
- Site screening and assessment for the site of the Just Transition Accelerator and People's Discovery Visitor Experience
- Review of visitor facilitation at selected sites
- Stakeholder, partnerships and stewardship strategies
- Final site selection and development consent
- Sustainable construction of the People's Discovery Visitor Experience, including the programme, collections and exhibits.
- Operate and maintain a sustainable tourist and educational attraction which delivers a highly immersive visitor experience.
