Summary of the Bwlch Y Groes Peatland Restoration Project

The Roberts family have been farming at Pennant Farm in Wales for several generation and focus predominantly on beef and sheep farming. In 2020, they started to explore the restoration of one of their peatlands, a 66-hectare degraded blanket bog in Bwlch Y Groes, using a mixture of finance from the sale of carbon units (credits) and public funding from the Welsh government. They sold 2,335 carbon units via the IUCN UK Peatland Code (the Peatland Code) under a 35-year agreement to a brewery company in Cheltenham, England, making this first carbon-funded peatland restoration project in Wales.

Farm Profile:

• Location: Gwynedd, Wales
• Size of Land: 66 hectares
• Land Ownership: Owner occupiers
• Nature Market Primary Focus: Peatland Carbon
• Interventions: Peatland restoration (rough grazing, revegetating, blocking gullies)
• Project Partners: Snowdonia National Park Authority, Forest Carbon