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Peat deal

Language: English Series: Independent ; 31 January 1992, 6 | DoE News Release ; (71) & (75) 30 January 1992 (6)Publication details: 1992Subject(s): Summary: Conservationists are angry at what they see as a catch in an offer from Fisons, Britain`s largest exploiter of peat from threatened lowland bogs, to give up 8,000 acres on which it has extraction rights. In return the group wants to continue peat extraction on two-thirds of the land for up to 30 years, stripping off most of the peat and leaving a layer of only two feet or less.
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Conservationists are angry at what they see as a catch in an offer from Fisons, Britain`s largest exploiter of peat from threatened lowland bogs, to give up 8,000 acres on which it has extraction rights. In return the group wants to continue peat extraction on two-thirds of the land for up to 30 years, stripping off most of the peat and leaving a layer of only two feet or less.