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Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba

Peatland restoration in Scotland

Connecting people and nature

Dr Patricia Bruneau & Peatland Action team & SNH GIG

Contact the team

[email protected] – Climate Change – Restoration – Monitoring

Good practices – Information management

Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba The issues On the road to restoring Scotland’s peatlands


By 2020: 50,000 hectares of degraded peatland

will have been restored.

By 2030: We will have increased this to

250,000 hectares.

By 2050: Scotland’s expanded peatlands will be

thriving habitats, sustaining a diverse

ecosystem.

National Peatland Plan

To protect, manage and restore

peatlands to maintain their natural

functions, biodiversity and benefits

Our vision On the road to restoring Scotland’s peatlands


From exposed upland

blanket peat, forest to

peatland conversion, and

lowland bogs close to

urban area and farmland

Where we are On the road to restoring Scotland’s peatlands


Sources

Feasibility studies

Restoration activities

Economic and social perceptions

Monitoring activities

Outputs - Data On the road to restoring Scotland’s peatlands

Peatland restoration is a long term endeavour. Quality data are

essential to demonstrate change and, ultimately, the success of

peatland restoration.

Types

Reports

Tabulated records

Spatial data

Rich data (imagery)

What we need

An robust approach to managing the flow

of data created under Peatland Action

grants and associated activities.


SNH has the right information

that can be found, trusted, shared and used

Information Management Program

Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba What are our aims On the road to restoring Scotland’s peatlands

• To promote good standard of reporting amongst our

customers

• To develop data tools for all stages of restoration projects –

from pre-application discussion to post-restoration

monitoring

• To reduce our dependency on specialist and specialist

software to input and interrogate data


Restoration activities

• Forestry felling / scrub management

• Surface stabilisation / seeding / mulching

• Reprofiling / blocking / bunding

Monitoring

• Hydrology / peat erosion / fix point photo

• Perceived changes

Data outcomes On the road to restoring Scotland’s peatlands

Site information• Grant information (restricted)

• Peat depth survey

• Vegetation quadrat

• Land use and land management

• Water body / drain / gully / track

Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba Our technical solution On the road to restoring Scotland’s peatlands

Peatland Action Spatial Data Uploader (beta version)

(from https://www.nature.scot/climate-change/taking-action/peatland-action)

• Pre-loaded projects in ARCGIS / QGIS2 format

• Shapefile and spreadsheet blank templates

• Manual drawing of new features

• Interactive editing of pre-loading features

Peatland Action Spatial manager tool

• Manage information flow between on-line temporary storage and SNH

permanent data repository

• Facilitate external mobilisation of data

1- A web-based ArcGIS online application for both external users and staff to

exchange information about Peatland Action restoration projects.

2- A gateway app to control the information flow into SNH system.

https://www.nature.scot/climate-change/taking-action/peatland-action



Peatland Action spatial data uploader (beta version)



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Scottish Natural Heritage Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba Adding records of vegetation counts


• Addressing the data legacy issues

• Testing apps, developing supporting material

• Improving data mobilisation

What next On the road to restoring Scotland’s peatlands


Sustainable development goals !

Please see conference poster pitch 6

R Threadgould

adapted from Fusign Pump® methodology

Outputs - outcomes On the road to restoring Scotland’s peatlands