Unified peat map for Wales

An updated map of peat extent for Wales has been developed by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, with support from the British Geological Survey and Natural Resources Wales in support of the Glastir Monitoring & Evaluation Programme, commissioned by the Welsh Government. This map represents a considerable advance on previous attempts to map the deep peat resource of Wales and yields a significantly larger estimate than that based on the Soil Survey of England and Wales alone. This new map highlights the wide distribution of peatlands across much of Wales, with large areas of upland blanket bog in North east and North-central Wales (Migneint, Berwyn) and central Wales (Cambrian Mountains), as well as smaller areas of upland peat in and around the Brecon Beacons National Park. The new unified map also provides a much more detailed picture of the distribution of deep peat in the lowlands, many areas of which retain significant biodiversity interest. The Glastir Monitoring & Evaluation Programme was set up by the Welsh Government in 2013 to monitor the effects of the Glastir agri-environment scheme on the environment and ran from 2013 to 2016. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/58139ce6-63f9-4444-9f77-fc7b5dcc00d8

由英国生态与水文中心（UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology）编制的威尔士泥炭分布更新图，在英格兰地质调查局（British Geological Survey）和威尔士自然资源局（Natural Resources Wales）的支持下，旨在辅助威尔士政府委托的Glastir监测与评估项目。该图相较以往对威尔士深层泥炭资源的测绘尝试，实现了显著进步，并对仅基于英格兰和威尔士土壤调查的估计值提供了显著更高的估算。新图突显了威尔士大部分地区泥炭地的广泛分布，包括东北部和北中部威尔士（Migneint、Berwyn）以及威尔士中部（Cambrian Mountains）的广大高原沼泽地带，以及布里克森山国家公园（Brecon Beacons National Park）及其周边的较小高原泥炭地。此外，这张新的统一图还提供了对低地深层泥炭分布的更为详尽的描绘，其中许多地区仍保留着重要的生物多样性价值。威尔士政府于2013年设立的Glastir监测与评估项目，旨在监测Glastir农业环境计划对环境的影响，该项目自2013年起运行至2016年。关于此数据集的详细信息可在以下链接找到：https://doi.org/10.5285/58139ce6-63f9-4444-9f77-fc7b5dcc00d8。