The Flow Country becomes Scotland’s first fully natural UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Flow Country, located in Caithness and Sutherland, is a vast, ecologically significant landscape spanning 4,000 Km2.

It features Europe’s largest blanket bog, a type of wetland ecosystem that plays a crucial role in global climate regulation by storing around 400 million tonnes of carbon – more than all of the UK’s forests combined. The area supports a rich biodiversity, including rare plant species, sphagnum mosses, and notable wildlife like. . .

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