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Capturing transitional changes in GHG fluxes following peat restoration

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-059b45

Description

There is approximately 1,420,000 hectares of peat in England, with deep peat accounting for approximately 680,000 hectares. However, the majority of our deep peat is degraded, damaged and dried out, with only 13% of deep peat remaining in a near natural state. As a result, peatlands in England emit approximately 8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year, about 2% of England's total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

There is an urgent need to re-wet peatlands to abate these GHG emissions to meet our net zero targets. In Carbon Budget 7, the Climate Change Committee recommends that by 2040, peatland restoration should represent over 50% of the emissions savings in land use, and 17% of the savings in the agriculture and land use sector. Peatland restoration targets have been set in the 2023 Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP), with an aim to restore 280,000 hectares by 2050.

When peat is restored or re-wet, it moves fro

Notices

UK6: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-077231
Published: 26 November 2025, 12:51pm

UK4: Tender notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-057307
Published: 17 September 2025, 12:58pm

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