Essays Tagged: "Caithness"

The peat debate: should peat bogs be utilised as a resource or conserved as rare natural habitats?

he Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) to designate up to half of the remaining 3500 km2 of peatland in Caithness and Sutherland as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). Four years later, Highland ... f Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). Four years later, Highland Regional Council (HRC) identified Caithness as an area strategically suited to the development of peat extraction on a commercial scal ...

(10 pages) 71 1 4.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science