Our
#peatlands
and blanket bogs are vital carbon sinks that help combat climate change.
Our
@UNESCO
#WorldHeritage
Site recognition will strengthen conservation efforts, enhancing
#FlowCountry
’s critical role in carbon sequestration.
Together, we can make a difference! 🌿💚
It’s official – the
#FlowCountry
is a
@UNESCO
World Heritage Site! 📣
The celebrations are in full swing here, with HM The King unveiling our new plaque.
🎉 The
#FlowCountry
now has
@UNESCO
World Heritage Site status!
Our 10,000-year-old peatland blanket bogs have now earned this prestigious status – joining significant sites like the Great Barrier Reef and the Serengeti.
Find out more:
🔎 Did you know our peatlands became the
#FlowCountry
in the 1950s?
'Flow' originates from Old Norse 'floi,' describing wet, flat bogs.
Our
@UNESCO
World Heritage Site status celebrates global leadership in peatland restoration.
#WorldHeritage
#Peatlands
🎉
#ICYMI
-
#FlowCountry
was awarded
#WorldHeritage
Site Status by
@UNESCO
on Friday! It's a huge milestone for our communities and hardworking bid team.
But the journey doesn’t end here. We are committed to ongoing conservation and sustainability for future generations. 🌿🌏
The
#FlowCountry
's new
@UNESCO
status opens doors for sustainable tourism, benefiting local communities and businesses.
This will create jobs and opportunities while showcasing our peatlands to the world. 🌿
#WorldHeritage
#Peatlands
It's now time for your views & comments on the draft Management Plan for the proposed Flow Country World Heritage Site 🎉
It's available on the Highland Council’s consultation platform:
Consultation is open for 8 weeks ending in mid September 2022
Meet Prof. Roxane Andersen, Peatland Science expert
@UHI
🌿
#FlowCountry
's bogs store 400m tonnes of CO2, more than all Britain’s woodlands
"Restoring
#peatlands
is vital for climate and wildlife. World Heritage status highlights their global importance." 🌏✨
#PeopleoftheFlows
Celebrating in style! Did you spot a very special blanket during our plaque unveiling? 🏅✨
The wool was supplied by farmer Joyce Campbell from sheep living in the flows and made into a blanket at
@Dumfries_House
.
#LocalProduce
#FlowCountry
#Sustainability
Yesterday, the Green Finance team and World Heritage volunteers visited Armadale Farm for a day of learning about how peatland restoration can support crofting. We even spotted a rare Scottish Primrose, native to Scotland's rugged north! 🌿🌸
#PeatlandRestoration
#Crofting
The King has joined celebrations for the Flow Country’s newly awarded
@UNESCO
World Heritage Site status! 👏🏅
🌎🏴 As the world's first peatland World Heritage Site,
@TheFlowCountry
is an important defence against climate change.
👑Exciting day at the
#FlowCountry
with His Majesty The King celebrating our
@UNESCO
World Heritage status!
A big thanks to the project team and the community for their dedication in securing this recognition.
It’s time for a well-deserved BBQ…
Our project team has been working on the bid to achieve
@UNESCO
World Heritage Site status since 2020.
Today we’re celebrating with none other than King Charles III– thanks to Wildland and
@ardgaygame
for the burgers 🍔
The Flow Country as a potential World Heritage Site featured in
@thetimes
today!
There's still time to book ya tickets for
#FullFlow
this weekend - join the conversation!
It's
#WorldEnvironmentDay
Let's continue to love and protect
#theflowcountry
- one of the most important environments in the fight against climate change, and the last great wilderness.
photo: James Carter
Today, our project team, partners and community members will come together to celebrate The
#FlowCountry
securing its
@UNESCO
World Heritage Site status!
Stay tuned for pictures throughout the day! 📸
John Nicolson MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), has recorded a message of support for the Flow Country Partnership’s ‘Keep Us Covered’ campaign to secure cross-party backing from across Scotland & the UK for the World Heritage Site bid.
BBC (Blanket Bog Coverage) article on the visit from UNESCO assessors below. Also featured on BBC Radio Scotland Good Morning and Lunchtime shows and should be hearing, and seeing, more on the BBC News this evening
Chance to see prints of Flow Country peatland restoration by artist
@Shaun_Fraser
commissioned for the Flows to the Future project. On show at the Circus Artspace Inverness
@waspsstudios
"Dark and dappled, the landscape is of great interest to scientists and more recently to artists, who want to raise awareness of this remarkable place"
Soon we’ll find out if the
#FlowCountry
will become an
@UNESCO
World Heritage Site. 🤞
If successful, we’ll become the first peatland site in the world to achieve this status. 🌍
Thanks to our partners, colleagues and friends in getting us to this stage. 🙏
📸 by Murdo Macleod
Why should the Flow Country be made a World Heritage Site? Join Inverness-based wild swimmer
@caldamac
this weekend to find out....
Get your tickets here!
#FullFlow
Why make the Flow Country a world heritage site? Find out this July with TV historian and archaeologist Neil Oliver, geology’s ‘rock star’
@Profiainstewart
and
@UNESCO
expert Professor Barry Gilbertson
Phew - another busy week of drop ins across the Flow Country area is almost complete!
It's been great to receive comments and input from a range of people that live and work here.
Today's penultimate stop is Halladale Hall in Forsinain from 11-7pm.
#FridayFeeling
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Spring/Summer Volunteering Opportunity!
Are you interested in a great opportunity to help conserve nature, meet like-minded people and live and work in a vast, beautiful landscape? Come to Forsinard as a visitor experience volunteer! Read more:
The
@ScottishLandCom
is hosting a public meeting in Thurso to discuss land ownership and use in the area.
📅Date: 2 September
🕖Time: 7pm – 8.30pm
📍Location: Pentland Hotel, Thurso
Free and open to all!
🔗 Register now:
Straddling Caithness and Sutherland, the
#FlowCountry
is the largest area of blanket bog in the world.🌍
We eagerly await the decision from the
@UNESCO
World Heritage Committee on whether its outstanding universal value justifies a place on the World Heritage site list. 🤞🏼
🎉 Did you celebrate World Peatlands Day last week?
Scotland is 100 times smaller than Canada but is home to 13% of the world’s blanket bogs!
#TheFlowCountry
holds more CO2 than every forest and woodland in the UK… combined!
Find out more:
The Flows project is coming to an end so obviously we gotta throw a party!
On a serious note, a massive massive thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past 5 years - now come and boogie with us!
Why should the
#FlowCountry
become a World Heritage Site? Join the discussion at the
#FullFlow
events taking place in Lairg, Thurso and Inverness in July
For more information see the event pages on
The Flow Country deserves UNESCO World Heritage Status. It offers;
🌱rich biodiversity
🌸 UK’s largest Carbon Capture
🏡 A chance for people to make their lives here…
…and wouldn’t this building make a fine Scottish Embassy 🏴
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Don't forget - you can comment online regarding the proposed Flow Country World Heritage Site. Link to Common Place where you can also find more information below 👇
Our drop in sessions for the Flow Country World Heritage Site project are now finished 🤗
BUT you can still see the maps, information and add your own questions or comments online at:
@HighlandCouncil
@RSPBScotland
@ERI_UHI
@nature_scot
Excited to be putting the final touches to the Flow Country World Heritage Nomination Dossier, and the opportunity to include the work of some local artists such as this lovely painting of a bog pool by Bethan Nadin. Once complete the dossier will go to UNESCO by the 1st of Feb.
Local volunteer Brian helping us pot trees (taken from the bog as part of the ongoing restoration work!) to give to schools on our Christmas school visits. Can't wait to see all the lovely Flow Country decorations the children are going to make for the Christmas trees!
Project manager, Caroline, travelled down to Perth last week for the opening of
@sophiegerrard_
's show. Sophie's work features photos and portraits taken in the Flow Country - recognise any familiar places and faces?
Resident in
#Caithness
or
#Sutherland
& close to the proposed boundary of the Flow Country World Heritage Site?
This flyer should be arriving in the post any day now...
Includes information about the bid, draft boundary map & details of drop in events throughout May 2022:
Peatlands and blanket bog such as the Flow Country is such an amazing habitat in Scotland, the UK and around the world which is why we are bidding for
#WorldHeritageSite
status!
Get behind the bid and
#KeepUsCovered
.
#A2
: My mum always says "perambulate"!
Where better to do that than a country with such gorgeous scenery to admire!
#ScotlandHour
#TheFlowCountry
(Photo of the Flows Lookout by Iain Sarjeant)
Last night a greenish tinge was spotted on the horizon... The Field Centre inhabitants grabbed wellies and hats and made a beeline to the tower for a beautiful night of stargazing with views of the northern lights!
"The lochans shone pewter, and around them, in their congregations, the bog cotton washerwomen waving white flags"
A beautiful essay on the Flow Country: Cal Flyn, The Tree Farm:
Our drop in sessions for the Flow Country World Heritage Site project are now finished 🤗
BUT you can still see the maps, information and add your own questions or comments online at:
@HighlandCouncil
@RSPBScotland
@ERI_UHI
@nature_scot
This is the face of a woman who has discovered you can make beer from heather...
Thanks to everyone who took part in the Munsary Wildflower Walk, a wonderful occasion despite the midges!
@HPSterk
@PlantlifeScot
So much of Orkney is in my blood - it is the place of my birth and will always have a special place in my heart. It has a calmness to it that certainly does you good!
#ScotlandHour
A4: Green, rolling fields bordered by huge seascapes, festivals, stacks & crashing seas, wonderful food & drink, island-hopping, Orcadian music & crafts & of course spectacular wildlife.
In
#Orkney
you can even feel the air and the pace of life doing you good
#ScotlandHour
Lots of positive feedback from our parliamentary event on Tuesday, hosted by
@GailRossSNP
- great to hear all the discussions & thanks to all who came!
#TheFlowCountry
Did you know❓
The blanket bog and peatlands ecosystem in the
#FlowCountry
can be traced back to the end of the last ice age over 10,000 years ago! 🥶
See the full timeline here:
📸 by Murdo Macleod