The Problem

Wildfires produce devastating environmental and economic impacts they:

• Discolour drinking water supplies by exposing the peat and increasing Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) and Particulate Organic Carbon (POC) into the water supply
  
• Release carbon dioxide during burning contributing to global warming
• Damage unique peat moorland and heathland ecosystems essential for rare moorland and heathland flora and fauna
  

The Solution....

A national monitoring and detection tool of peat moorland and heathland wildfires by generating products from Earth Observation (EO) data to help:

• Understand patterns of wildfire occurrence and UK wildfire regimes; and mitigate against wildfire risks
• Target land management, peat restoration, and reseeding; and model carbon losses
• Reduce water discolouration and associated costs