A major milestone: Peru officially includes Amazonian peatlands in its NDCs

Published Jun 18ByCaroline

On 15 June 2023, the Peruvian proposal for a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, "Conservation and Sustainable Management of Amazonian Peatlands", was approved by Peru's High-Level Commission on Climate Change. This...

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Nitrogen pollution

Region Global

Opinion – Why care about Nitrogen and Ecosystems restoration?

16 June, 2021

Theme Restoration

Region Global

New interdisciplinary research to help manage climate risks to tropical peatlands

27 April, 2021

Theme Other

Region Global

Exploring Criteria and Indicators for Tropical Peatland Restoration workshops series

22 November, 2020

Theme Restoration

UK peatlands

Region Europe

Eurosite Annual Meeting 2020: ‘Zooming’ in on European natural site management — from plan to action

18 November, 2020

Theme Restoration

Data shared by the Data Visualization Lab at National Geographic. This National Geographic Society open source technology and datasets will be available via the UN Biodiversity Lab platform

Region Latin America and the Caribbean

Country Argentina

Protecting the crucial peatlands of Argentina’s Peninsula Mitre

28 October, 2020

Theme Conservation

Peat coring

Region Global

Countries preserving the world’s largest terrestrial organic carbon stock with the support of peatland mapping and monitoring

28 June, 2020

Theme Researching peatlands location and status

Agreement signed between FAO and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Region Global

Agreement signed between FAO and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

30 January, 2020

Theme Other

Rwanda, Gisagara

Region Africa

GLF Accra Side Event: Peatlands restoration, conservation and sustainable management as an effective solution to climate change challenges in Africa with a focus on the Nile Basin

12 November, 2019

Theme Conservation

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Region Asia

The human health benefits of conserving and restoring peatlands

08 November, 2019

Theme Conservation

Region Global

Peatlands as a Nature-Based Solution highlighted at the UN Climate Action Summit

06 October, 2019

Theme Conservation

Peatland in Kalimantan Indonesia

Region Global

UNEA-4: World calls for urgent action on peatlands

03 April, 2019

Theme Restoration

Field visit

Country Indonesia

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

31 October, 2018

Theme Restoration