The Flow Country is bidding to be the world's first peatland world heritage site.
BBC Scotland's environment correspondent
Globally, the sites already on the list include Australia's Great Barrier Reef and Egypt's Historic Cairo.Scotland's Flow Country stretches across Caithness and Sutherland but its intricate network of about 400 pool systems are only fully appreciated close up or from higher ground.It is called a blanket bog because the peat, which holds water, extends across both the hills and the glens.
Dr Steven Andrews, who has been leading the bid, says becoming the first peatland to be inscribed on the world heritage list would demonstrate how important such landscapes are.
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