Cultivated peatlands account for some five percent of greenhouse gas emissions
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Irish turf dries in a field before being used as a traditional way of heating Irish homes in Carragh, west of Dublin
Peatlands, such as this area in southern Dorset in England, contain comparable amounts of carbon to rainforests
Mapping more accurately than ever Ireland's peatlands, which are vital as carbon sinks but whose boundaries can be hard to determine, could he…