The restoration measures seek to reestablish the natural function as a carbon sink of peatlands. This mainly entails rewetting drained areas, though actions vary according to individual conditions of each project site. For example, in some areas shrubs and trees are removed and active planting of peat forming vegetation is carried out.

Project sites per country:

• Poland (252 ha): Orawa Bogs - located in the southern part of Poland. It covers one of the largest complexes of raised bogs in the country and the largest of such in the Polish Carpathian Mountains

   

• Germany (20 ha): Häsener Luch - located within the municipality of Löwenberger Land in north-east Germany. It is a representative example of the 105,000 hectares of fen peatlands under agricultural use

   

• Belgium (130 ha): Vallei van de Grote Beek - lies north of the Valley of the Zwarte Beek and is located in 3 municipalities: Beringen, Ham and Leopoldsburg. Like the Valley of the Zwarte Beek, the Valley of the Grote Beek is a fen peatland, originally a percolation mire

   

• Netherlands (30 ha): Witte Veen - Natura 2000 area Witte Veen is a cross border area, located south of the Dutch city of Enschede. The main threats to the raised bog arise from activities that drain water from the peat, thus resulting in drying out

   

• Ireland (217 ha): Connemara Bog Complex - consists of over 49kHa of blanket bog in various conservation status. This project will focus on restoration in two areas within Ireland’s largest wind farm, the Galway Wind Park (GWP) examining GHG emission reductions on the peatlands and their interaction with the GHG impacts of the wind farm