The Flow Country was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in July 2024. As time of inscription it is the first peatland World Heritage Site. It is also Scotland’s first World Heritage Site inscribed purely for natural criteria, and only the sixth natural site in the UK.
World Heritage Sites (WHS) are places of global significance
History of the Flow Country’s World Heritage bid The idea to nominate The Flow Country as a World Heritage Site was first voiced in the 1980s, when conservationists working in the Flow Country began to recognise both its extraordinary biodiversity, and its role in storing carbon from the atmosphere. The work to make this a […]
Future Management
