Current forestry policy has multiple objectives including wood production, nature conservation, landscape, recreation and environment protection. There are about 190 000 ha of planted forest on deep peat and another 315 000 ha on shallower peat. Deep peat covers just over 2 million ha in Britain, so the area planted is some 9.5%. The paper describes how modern silvicultural practices are designed to achieve these multiple benefits of forests on peatland.
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Pyatt, D.G. Multi-purpose forests on peatland. Biodivers Conserv 2, 548–555 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00056748
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