Germany joins the Peatland Breakthrough as a Champion Country

Published Nov 20By

This week at COP30, Germany joined Peru and Uganda in becoming a Champion Country for the Peatland Breakthrough. In Germany, more than 90 percent of peatlands have been drained and are now used for agriculture and forestry or as land for settlements...

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Peat4People, Uganda

Region Africa

Country Uganda

Advancing Sustainable Peatlands Management in Uganda and Rwanda: Launch of Peat4people Project

25 April, 2025

Region Africa

Country Congo

The best of peatland science for the Congo Basin: GPI presents Global Peatlands Assessment at forest partnership conference in Kinshasa

15 October, 2024

Theme Climate and GHG

Country Uganda

Peatlands at the 7th Uganda Water and Environment Week (UWEWK24) in Kampala, Uganda

07 May, 2024

Country Canada

Canada’s peatlands as a nature-based solution to climate change – Can-Peat kick-off & upcoming RE3 Conference

23 March, 2023

The Hudson Bay Lowland courtesy

Region North America

Country Canada

Canada’s Emissions Reduction Plan confirms commitment to peatlands

06 April, 2022

Theme Climate and GHG

Canadian peatlands

Region North America

Country Canada

Canada’s Peatlands: Towards A National Assessment

22 January, 2021

Theme Conservation

Lowland Gorilla Congo

Region Africa

Country Congo

The Congo Basin is critical to the health of our planet

15 October, 2019

Theme Hydrology

International tropical peatland center soft launching

Country Indonesia

Soft launching of the interim secretariat of the International Tropical Peatland Center (ITPC)

31 October, 2018

Field visit

Country Indonesia

Three countries from the global South and Global Peatland Experts share lessons and experiences

31 October, 2018

Theme Restoration

Country Indonesia

From Brazzaville: South-south action on peatlands

23 March, 2018