When the forest is on peat, as in much of central Kalimantan, Sumatra and Papua, the cost of Indonesia's messy land use becomes epic.
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According to Natural England, English peatlands are estimated to contain about 584 million tonnes of carbon, based on the limited information available on peat depth and quality.
One should also note that 2010 saw a spike in mortality over the summer months when most of central Russia was choking on peat smoke, so some of the mortality improvement in 2011 is because of the base effect.
Anyone who read the front page of one tabloid newspaper on Wednesday and heard Sir Michael Peat's statement on Thursday would be able to work out the nature of the allegations Sir Michael referred to.
Earlier this year they had an abrupt and lethal lesson on the dangers of peat-bog fires.
Recently, Indonesia's government announced a two-year moratorium on primary forest and peat land conversion as part of its commitment to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
An arts project called Sexy Peat aims to encourage better understanding of the ecology and heritage of peat lands on the Isle of Lewis.
The discovery of a bronze age granite cist, or grave, in 2011 in a peat bog on White Horse Hill revealed the first organic remains found on the moor and a hoard of about 150 beads.
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"I want a full, detailed explanation about exactly what happened at the team hotel on Sunday morning, " said Peat.
Since an increase in peat coverage is not on the list of environmental changes going on at the moment, another spike is unlikely to come from that quarter.
Ms Harris impressed on the pupils the importance of peat in sucking up the carbon in the atmosphere, and also storing water, thus slowing flow into the local rivers, which have moorland sources.
The annual World Bog Snorkelling Championship takes place on 26 August at the Waen Rhydd peat bog near Lanwrtyd Wells, Wales.
The court said it recognised that a wind farm would be acceptable on the current site, if harm to the peat land could be avoided.
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But Mr Lindsay said the emphasis placed on erosion by the developer was unjustified, because some 67% of peat in the area surveyed is either stable or recovering: "The current general trend is... towards wetter more actively-growing bog, " he said.
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The SFA had on Thursday announced that Scotland players will be issued with a code of conduct and Peat warned that a repeat of the incident at the weekend would result in Ferguson being stripped of the skipper's armband.
Members of the public are invited to help collect peat depth data at a free event at the Warcop Military Training Area, Cumbria on Sunday, 24 July 2011.
On the surface, that's all there is to it, but scratch the surface and "The Weir" proves to be a profound meditation on the twin themes of loneliness and community, told so theatrically that you'll savor each peat-scented phrase.
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