Is hand digging of turf for peat household fuel in traditional manner allocated to villagers/crofters the problem? Surely it is the commercial extraction by JCB diggers that is the problem. What you show in your picture looks like commercial extraction with that high island.
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You're absolutely right that commercial extraction does more damage. This bog had many personal holdings, which everyone uses machinery to cut, and some were using multiple plots to sell turf.
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When crofters dig the peat with a cascrom (spade) it is only a few feet deep, a little each year. The old diggings fill with water and add strips of diversity to the bog. They carry back the dry turfs to stack and use that year on their fire.
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The big picture is also crucial. More than 85% of Irish bogs are in degraded condition. I found this tiny island of peat soil in a destroyed bog just south of Tullamore, Co. Offaly where turf is a common household fuel.
