wise use of mires and peatlands - Peatland Ecology Research Group

APPENDIX 6211APPENDIX 6CODE OF CONDUCT WHICH MIGHT BE APPLIED TO AFACILITY FOR THE CONVERSION OF PEAT TO ENERGYAND THE RELATED PEAT EXTRACTION.This type of code could be applied to an electricity generating station or to a briquette factory.As with the outline code in Appendix 5 this is given as an example only.1. Role of the facility in national policy.1.1 Is the use of peat a necessary part of national energy policy1.2 Is the use of peat a part of national socio-economic policy2. Type of mires which supply the facility2.1 Within the country, are the mires and peatlands from which peat is extracted rare,are any of their inhabiting species rare, and are the functions affected rare2.2 Are similar mires and peatlands to those used for supply decreasing in abundanceor not and are similar mires and/or peatlands in the country sufficiently protected2.3 Are there any alternative sustainable resources available2.4 Is any of the peat extracted from protected sites3. Peatland development3.1 Before the peatlands were developed was adequate information made publiclyavailable and did the enterprises engage in adequate public consultation3.2 Were the decisions regarding the exploitation of the peatlands based on the bestpossible information3.3 Did the decision to exploit take into account the implications of the decision forother parties directly or indirectly affected; and does it take into account theeffects on surrounding ecosystems, defined in the widest sense3.4 Is the intervention in the peatlands limited to the minimum necessary3.5 Is the extraction located where it will cause least impact – could or should suppliesbe obtained from other sites3.6 Does the operation conform with sound commercial strategy.3.7 Do both the peatland enterprise and the facility enterprise operate on the basisof accepted principles of corporate governance