The John Muir Trust (JMT) is to oppose the proposed development of 39 turbines at Strathy South wind farm.

JMT will give evidence at the Public Local Inquiry into the wind farm, raising concerns that the 135 metre high turbines could damage peatland.

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John Low, Policy Officer of JMT, said: "In its Commission of Inquiry into Peatlands, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) concluded that peatlands are ‘the single most important carbon store in the UK’ and that 'a loss of only 5 per cent of peatland would equate to the UK’s total annual man-made greenhouse gas emissions'."

Mr Low added that JMT would prefer to see national investment into the restoration of peatland and other natural habitats.

(LM/CD)