extracted peat in the baltic region for decades now private companies are taking what s left despite klansmen diamonds claims of transparency the company did not allow us to film its operations here. the company s peat extraction site is located near the nature reserve this part of the moore is managed in part by germany s nature and biodiversity conservation association. tom cure shai who works for the group takes a dim view of private companies peta extraction efforts here. they ve gotten from german companies say that they ll only work on more that have already been damaged but any kind of peat extraction causes damage or the history of. the
a huge area similar fires in indonesia have consumed hundreds of thousands of hectares and killed several people the government has set up a separate ministry to deal with the problem. so this agency is possible for doing that he would think it landed in different parts of indonesia if there s a very ambitious program of preventing two million dollars and so far we have around two hundred thousand or so i think we are under right track. pete has to remain in the soil and should be allowed to grow like here in un tom it s good for the climate and the environment and protects against soil erosion but peter extraction continues around the world much of it is used for plant production professional gardener michelle homan is fully aware of this situation home and runs a nursery near the town of feridun in lower saxony these pots are made of peat home
peter told all it s just what we need here it s the glue that holds together all the other materials we use of substitutes so that we can produce a cube of any size. so some merit a minute really don t have to hold the material together with a plastic pot on. top for some god about loss. the young plants first grow in these cubes then they re delivered to other nurseries and planted in soil. peat is key to the production of vegetables no one could accuse nurseries like this one of contributing to the peat extraction problem but consumers want fresh vegetables and that s why people who do serious are working to improve their image. thought on their. developing a report and sustainability and a few years ago we lost
results from going through them through that through. the brown stripes in this green meadow are pete moss fields drainage ditches have been filled in to provide the necessary moisture. real hard and always ground out of peat moss cross best in an environment where the water level is just below the tops of the plants corruption oben normally peat moss stops growing during the summer because it gets too dry. or divisions or more fruit but it also project they have plenty of water and can grow all summer long. oh my god it s hard to tell that this used to be more land you can find traces of it only if you dig down into the subsoil kies filed biologist critical dick wants to find out exactly how much peat is left here. we ve
a lot of red tape. another advantage is lower labor costs and the peak producers have agreed to rework the lands where peace has been extracted even though they re not obliged to do so. it s not too late that means that you could use the land for forestry later on but that s not allowed in germany you have to return the land to a completely natural state that the muslims its own upwards and end up but it s also possible that latvia may impose tougher conditions for peat extraction maybe even tougher than what we have here in germany from the involved in the uk on it s this in the flight of samples in the indoor it s. going to finds peak moss in the forest next to his peat land that s a rare sight in germany these days. though you name embezzling pete moss growing right here.