Costs of Peatland Restoration in Scotland: Data underpinning MACC analysis

A dataset containing anonymised records outlining the costs of a selection of peatland restoration projects in Scotland that have been granted funding by NatureScot since 2016, merged with a set of environmental/geographic variables. These data in turn are used for underpinning the marginal abatement curve (MACC) analysis as a basis of a spatial cost prediction model for potential restoration of degraded peatland in Scotland. The observations in the database represent individual restored sites and the total costs are on a per hectare basis. The variables capture location, spatial dimensions, meteorological conditions, peat conditions, land cover, use and designation specific for each site. The information has been sourced from various publicly accessible domains, namely the Met Office, James Hutton Institute, Centre from Ecology and Hydrology, Ordnance Survey, NatureScot and Centre for Environmental Data Analysis.