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Rehabilitation of Bord na Móna Industrial Cutaway Peatland at Ballycon, Co Offaly

Ballycon, County Offaly, Ireland (UTM 621396, 590545; Lat 53 deg, 17 min, 3.9 sec, Long –7 deg 10 min 44.5 sec)

Year of publication 2015

Pages 5p.

Author McCorry, M.;Farrell, C.

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Bord na Móna (the Irish Peat Company) owns extensive areas of Irish peatlands (around 80 000 ha), primarily in the midlands of Ireland. These lands have been developed at an industrial scale for fuel, energy and horticultural growing media. Rehabilitation is being carried out in areas where peat production has ceased. One such site is Ballycon, Co. Offaly. The main aims of the rehabilitation are to: • ensure the stabilization of the former peat production areas, • minimize potential peat runoff and • encourage the re–establishment of a diversity of semi–natural habitats appropriate to the characteristics of the site.

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