Sloan, T. J.Payne, R. J.Anderson, A. R.Bain, C.Chapman, S.Cowie, N.Gilbert, P.Lindsay, R.Mauquoy, D.Newton, A. J.Andersen, R.2019-07-052019-07-052018-10-19Sloan, T J, Payne, R J, Anderson, A R, Bain, C, Chapman, S, Cowie, N, Gilbert, P, Lindsay, R, Mauquoy, D, Newton, A J & Andersen, R 2018, 'Peatland afforestation in the UK and consequences for carbon storage', Mires and Peat, vol. 23, no. 01, 1, pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.19189/MaP.2017.OMB.3151819-754Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/2164/12513ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We thank Mark Hancock of RSPB for comments on the manuscript. We also thank the Leverhulme Trust for our main support through grant RPG-2015-162; and the British Ecological Society and the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland. RJP thanks the Russian Science Foundation (14-14-00891) and the NERC Valuing Nature Programme for personal support. AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS The initial text was produced by T.J. Sloan. It was substantially revised and amended by all the other authors, who each provided ideas and passages of text for the final version.17964319engSDG 13 - Climate ActionFlow countryForestryGhgGreenhouse gasesPeatG Geography. Anthropology. RecreationGE Environmental SciencesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAquatic ScienceEcologySoil ScienceNature and Landscape ConservationGGEJournal article10.19189/MaP.2017.OMB.315http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85062176582&partnerID=8YFLogxKhttp://mires-and-peat.net/media/map23/map_23_01.pdf2301