That's right!

5% - an area about the size of Saxony - was originally covered with moors.

Most of them have been drained - today only 0.1% are still wet moors. This corresponds to the area of Bremen.

Source:

Abel et al. (2019): Climate protection on peatlands - solutions and best practice examples. Greifswald. [Accessed: 20 January 2022]

Dewitz et al (ed.) (2023): Mooratlas- Facts and figures on wet climate protectors. P. 84 at:https://greifswaldmoor.de/files/dokumente/GMC%20Schriften/2020-01_Tegetmeyer%20et%20al.pdf (last accessed on 08/05/2023)

KATAPULT (2019): The unknown climate protectors. At: https://katapult-magazin.de/de/artikel/die-unbekannten-klimaschuetzer (last accessed on 08.05.2023)