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Some northern European acidic anaerobic peat bogs have proved to have the capability to preserve mammalian tissue for millennia. Examples of this conservation are [[Tollund Man]] and [[Haraldskær Woman]], both recovered from peat bogs with remarkable intact skin, internal organs and skeletons.
Some northern European acidic anaerobic peat bogs have proved to have the capability to preserve mammalian tissue for millennia. Examples of this conservation are [[Tollund Man]] and [[Haraldskær Woman]], both recovered from peat bogs with remarkable intact skin, internal organs and skeletons.
==Wise use and peat swamp
==Wise use and peat swamp protection==
protection==
In June 2002 the United Nations Development Programme launched the Wetlands Ecosystem and Tropical Peat Swamp Forest Rehabilitation Project. This project is targeted to last for 5 years till 2007 and brings together the efforts of various non-government organisations.
In June 2002 the United Nations Development Programme launched the Wetlands Ecosystem and Tropical Peat Swamp Forest Rehabilitation Project. This project is targeted to last for 5 years till 2007 and brings together the efforts of various non-government organisations.
