Rare Scottish bog honoured

The importance of an area in Scotland called the Flow Country has been recognised by UNESCO, which has listed it as a World Heritage Site. UNESCO is a United Nations (UN) organisation that uses education and science to help countries work together. World Heritage status is given to places with cultural, historical or scientific significance, such as the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and Stonehenge in England. The Flow Country is a large area of blanket bog, which is a type of wetland made from peat (see panel). Blanket bogs form when peat builds up in very wet areas; they cover the landscape like a blanket. The Flow Country also has pools, lochs (lakes), mountains and hills. People have been campaigning for the Flow Country to be recognised as a…

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