Tractors used to mine a raised bog being harvested for peat near Douglas water in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.

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Tractors used to mine a raised bog being harvested for peat near Douglas water in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Raised bogs are rare threatened habitats and important carbon sinks that should not be exploited.

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Photo credit: © Ashley Cooper / Alamy / Afripics
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