An area of peat bog and lochs in Scotland’s far north is looking to become a Unesco World Heritage site.
The Flow Country of Caithness and Sutherland is Europe’s largest blanket bog and covers 1,500 square miles.
A working group has been set up with the aim of securing Westminster’s approval for an application to the UN body. Joe Perry, the project co-ordinator for the working group, said the area deserved world recognition.
“We believe that the Flow Country deserves to be inscribed as a World Heritage site, joining the Great Barrier Reef and the Taj Mahal, in recognition of its outstanding universal value,” he said.
Six of the UK’s 31 World Heritage sites are in Scotland. They are the Antonine Wall, Heart of Neolithic