In addition to fires in intact peatlands, deliberate draining of peatlands that have been converted to farming - mainly dairying - produces an estimated 4.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. Is that counted in Fonterra’s already massive pollution footprint? www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

Climate impact of peat soil pushed above BP's fuel sales by huge 2022 blazes

Two fires that tore through sensitive peat wetlands in 2022 released more than half a million tonnes of carbon dioxide, pushing emissions from New Zealand's peat soils as a whole to a level comparable...