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Peatland restoration helps save Welsh farm from wildfire

A farmer has spoken out on watching the land she calls home ‘burn’ and the restored peatland that helped save it.

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Credit: Sorcha Lewis
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Credit: Sorcha Lewis

Cattle and sheep farmer Sorcha Lewis watched the wildfire descend from the Elan Valley uplands to the back of her house. The end-of-April fire was on an unprecedented scale, visible from space, tearing...

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