Dr. Catherine O'Connell:

The IPCC is quite concerned to ensure cutting on blanket bogs is not discussed outside the context of all the other threats they face. They include the sheep issue, to which the Deputy alluded, wind farms, general erosion and forestry and their legacies. It is too simplistic to home in on blanket bogs and say they are not too deeply affected by turf cutting. There is damage and a threat to every blanket bog included in our list for conservation.