10th February: Flow Country Green Finance Initiative begins first steps and consultations

Members of the Flow Country partnership are at the early stages of creating a Green Finance Initiative, looking at ways the peatlands can provide financial benefits to local communities.

Flow Country partnership members are hosting a series of drop-in sessions and are inviting people to join them to discuss green finance and peatland restoration.

The sessions which take place in venues at Lairg, Thurso, Strathy and Wick will run between February 27 and March 2, 2023.

The local area is incredible: the Flows’ blanket bog stores 400 million tonnes of carbon, but this remarkable ability to store carbon is only possible if the bogs are kept in healthy condition.