Peatland is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Peatland meaning
Land with peat soil, such as an active or former bog.
Using Peatland
- The main meaning on this page is: Land with peat soil, such as an active or former bog.
- In the example corpus, peatland often appears in combinations such as: peatland restoration, of peatland, on peatland.
Context around Peatland
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Peatland
- In this selection, "peatland" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, degraded, planting, sustainable, restoration, management and acres stand out and add context to how "peatland" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include burning of peatland draining of and burning on peatland except under. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "peatland" sits close to words such as aboriginals, abstractly and accidentals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with peatland
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Welsh Government has met its peatland restoration targets a year early. (12 words)
Work to restore former forestry plantation ground to peatland has received a £3million boost. (14 words)
Shingle Shanty Preserve and Research Station outside of Long Lake has thousands of peatland acres. (15 words)
Peatland will also be rewetted and sphagnum moss will be encouraged to proliferate in the hope that it will once again retain water and slow surface water run-off into the loch, as well as acting as a carbon sink. (40 words)
Authorities are beefing up law enforcement to catch those responsible for illegal burning and have moved to restore degraded peatland forests - a key buffer against annual flooding and home to endangered species, including Sumatran orangutans. (35 words)
While the fire seethed in the organic peatland soil, on May 15, 2023, a convoy of vehicles left the Great Lakes Fire’s incident command center in a strip mall in New Bern. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
In 2020 it published a which reviewed the environmental impacts including carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas emissions and wildfire on peatland in England associated with grouse moor management.
It aims to bring together river restoration, riparian planting, peatland restoration, urban wildlife projects and other land management enhancements within the whole catchment.
The Assynt Foundation has also said that peatland restoration work on Cul Mor, which has Corbett status, has now been completed.
The Bill will also strictly regulate the use of muirburn, the controlled burning of vegetation, on peatland.
Among those targets significantly off track were peatland restoration, new woodland creation, heat pump installation and battery electric vehicle new van sales.
Peatland will also be rewetted and sphagnum moss will be encouraged to proliferate in the hope that it will once again retain water and slow surface water run-off into the loch, as well as acting as a carbon sink.
She looks forward to working with farmers to raise awareness of the value and opportunities associated with sustainable peatland management.
Shingle Shanty Preserve and Research Station outside of Long Lake has thousands of peatland acres.
The average rate of peatland restoration more than doubled in the last two years through 100 different projects, the data showed.
The burning of peatland, draining of bogs and planting of commercial forestry have all taken a toll on what should be one of our most prized national treasures.
The report illustrates the significant gains that could result from accelerating peatland restoration across the region.
The Welsh Government has met its peatland restoration targets a year early.
To tackle this, the Welsh government set a target in 2020 to restore 3,000 hectares of peatland, which ministers said had now been completed a year ahead of schedule.
While the fire seethed in the organic peatland soil, on May 15, 2023, a convoy of vehicles left the Great Lakes Fire’s incident command center in a strip mall in New Bern.
There will also be a statutory ban on burning on peatland, except under licence for strictly limited purposes, such as approved habitat restoration projects.
Authorities are beefing up law enforcement to catch those responsible for illegal burning and have moved to restore degraded peatland forests - a key buffer against annual flooding and home to endangered species, including Sumatran orangutans.
Peatland covers just 20 per cent of Scotland but stores 25 times more carbon than the rest of the UK’s vegetation put together.
The fund would also be used to restore degraded peatland across the country, the party said.
The Indonesian government has mandated the Peatland Restoration Agency, or the BRG, to rehabilitate 2.6 million hectares of peatlands, ensuring these are wet all year round.
Work to restore former forestry plantation ground to peatland has received a £3million boost.
Common combinations with peatland
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- peatland restoration 7×
- of peatland 4×
- on peatland 3×
- degraded peatland 2×