Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion
Dr. Florence Renou-Wilson:
Yes, managing the water table. Flooding is just letting the water go wherever it wants, as high as it wants, and then we end up with flooded areas we cannot manage. A flooded area cannot take more water because it has been flooded. A flooded area emits a large volume of methane and does not do anything else.