Identification

Title

Peatlands of Wales Maps

Abstract

<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Peat Distribution</span></strong></p> <p>The Peatlands of Wales map series provides an updated distribution of Welsh Peatlands (to 2022) based on current evidence sources. The data layers were created on a 50m grid whereby the presence and thickness of peat are elucidated from a range of sources for each 50m grid cell across Wales. A peatland evidence score defines the level of confidence in the presence of peat in any given grid cell, with those cells scoring more than 2 on this scale of 1-10, captured in the &lsquo;Peatlands of Wales&rsquo; peat distribution map.</p> <p>Full details of the sources of data used to build this map as well as the methodologies used to define the level of evidence for the <a href="https://datamap.gov.wales/layers/geonode:peatlands_of_wales_scg8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">presence of peat </a>and derivation of the <a href="https://datamap.gov.wales/layers/geonode:peatlands_of_wales_evidence_2nss" target="_blank" rel="noopener">peat evidence score</a> as well as estimates of <a href="https://datamap.gov.wales/layers/geonode:peatlands_of_wales_thickness" target="_blank" rel="noopener">peat thickness (depth)</a>, <a href="https://datamap.gov.wales/layers/geonode:peatlands_of_wales_carbon_stock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">carbon stock estimates</a> and <a href="https://datamap.gov.wales/layers/geonode:peatlands_of_wales_emmisions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">greenhouse gas emissions</a> are presented in the <a href="https://gov.wales/soils-policy-evidence-programme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Peatlands of Wales mapping methodology report.</a></p>

Licence

Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information (OGL)

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Copyright:

None

Publication Date

04 April 2022

Keywords

deunydd organig, mawm, organic matter, peat, pridd, soil

Category:

Environment

Environmental resources, protection and conservation. Examples: environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape

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Regions

Global

Approved

Yes

Published

Yes

Featured

No

Group

Welsh Government

Information

Spatial extent

Projection system

EPSG:27700

Extension x0

175555.0

Extension x1

353778.0

Extension y0

166432.0

Extension y1

393483.0

Features

Restrictions

<p>&copy; Crown copyright. Mapping derived from soils data &copy; Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2020 &copy; Crown copyright 2020. Contains OS data &copy; Crown copyright and database right 2020. Contains Natural Resources Wales information &copy; Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. Contains data from BGS &copy; UKRI. All rights Reserved.</p>

Edition

1

Purpose

<p>For effective targeting and monitoring of peatland restoration, a baseline of the peatland area is required. The Peatland of Wales map represents a…

Data quality

<p>Full details of the sources of data used to build this map as well as the methodologies used to define the level of evidence for the presence of peat and derivation of the peat evidence score as well as estimates of peat thickness (depth), carbon stock estimates and greenhouse gas emissions are presented in the <a href="https://gov.wales/soils-policy-evidence-programme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Peatlands of Wales mapping methodology report.</a></p>

Supplemental information

<p>The national peatland map of Wales incorporates new relevant Soil Survey of England and Wales (SSEW) mapping evidence and other suitable peat mapping eviden…

Spatial Representation Type

Vector data is used to represent geographic data

Contact

Email

data@gov.wales

Organisation

Welsh Government

References

Link online

/maps/2741

Metadata page

/maps/2741/metadata_detail