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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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.

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Peat will no longer be extracted from 10, 000-year-old moss land in Salford following a government ruling.

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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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Yesterday, Cliff, Caitlin and I drove through the magical land of Connemara, with its lofty peaks and expansive views of the Twelve Ben Mountains and flat boggy peat planes.

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