The Cùl Mòr restoration covers 91 ha of peatland owned by the Assynt Foundation, which is set up to make a community buy out of two estates in the northwest Highlands of Scotland. The project is located east of the Cùl Mòr mountain in Assynt, Coigach National Scenic Area. The restoration of this peatland will deliver significant environmental benefits, including reducing GHG emissions from the site.
A combination of bare peat re-vegetation, hag re-profiling, ditch blocking and drain blocking will allow the water table to rise and peat-forming plant species to re-colonise the area. These plants sequester carbon while they are alive and the waterlogged habitat prevents them from decomposing when they die, resulting in their carbon being stated as layers of peat.
91 hectares
Winter 2023
17,399 tonnes CO2
