Editing Bog (section)

===Industrial uses===
[[File:Sitniki ornithological reserve.jpg|thumb|The Sitniki peat bog in [[Russia]] recultivated after industrial use]]
After drying, peat is used as a [[fossil fuel|fuel]], and it has been used that way for centuries. More than 20% of home heat in Ireland comes from peat, and it is also used for fuel in Finland, Scotland, Germany, and Russia. Russia is the leading exporter of peat for fuel, at more than 90&nbsp;million metric tons per year. Ireland's ''[[Bord na Móna]]'' ("peat board") was one of the first companies to mechanically harvest peat, which is being phased out.<ref>{{cite web|last1=de Róiste |first1=Daithí |title=Bord na Móna announces biggest change of land use in modern Irish history|url=https://www.bordnamona.ie/bord-na-mona-announces-biggest-change-of-land-use-in-modern-irish-history/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007062205/http://www.bordnamona.ie/news/latest/bord-na-mona-announces-biggest-change-of-land-use-in-modern-irish-history/|archive-date=7 October 2015|access-date=18 October 2021|website=Bord na Móna |date=5 October 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The other major use of dried peat is as a [[soil amendment]] (sold as ''moss peat'' or ''sphagnum peat'') to increase the soil's capacity to retain moisture and enrich the soil.<ref name=NYT10612 /> It is also used as a [[mulch]]. Some [[distillation|distilleries]], notably in the [[Islay whisky|Islay]] whisky-producing region, use the smoke from [[Turf fire|peat fires]] to dry the [[barley]] used in making [[Scotch whisky]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}

Once the peat has been extracted it can be difficult to restore the [[wetland]], since peat accumulation is a slow process.<ref name=NYT10612 /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Campbell |first1=D.R. |last2=Rochefort |first2=L. |date=2003 |title=Germination and seedling growth of bog plants in relation to the recolonization of milled peatlands |journal=Plant Ecology |volume=169 |issue=1 |pages=71–84|doi=10.1023/A:1026258114901 |bibcode=2003PlEco.169...71C |s2cid=42590665 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cobbaert |first1=D. |last2=Rochefort |first2=L. |last3=Price |first3=J.S. |date=2004 |title=Experimental restoration of a fen plant community after peat mining |journal=Applied Vegetation Science |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=209–20|doi=10.1111/j.1654-109X.2004.tb00612.x |bibcode=2004AppVS...7..209C }}</ref> More than 90% of the bogs in England have been damaged or destroyed.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/3942167.stm |work=BBC News |title=Insight into threatened peat bogs |date=31 July 2004 |access-date=8 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024191100/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/3942167.stm |archive-date=24 October 2007 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/policy/water/water/peat_bogs/index.asp |title=Destruction of peat bogs |publisher=RSPB |archive-date=30 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930231831/http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/policy/water/water/peat_bogs/index.asp }}</ref> In 2011 plans for the elimination of peat in gardening products were announced by the UK government.<ref name=NYT10612 />