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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Convention on Wetlands COP15

Region Global

Peatlands at the Convention on Wetlands, COP15

02 September, 2025

Theme Capacity building

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Region Europe

Peatland Strategies in Focus: New EU Peatland Policy Brief

07 April, 2025

Theme Global Policy

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Region Global

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Theme Capacity building

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Region Global

New Opportunity: Evidence Synthesis and Policy Engagement Training Programme for Peatlands

08 January, 2025

Theme Global Policy

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Region Europe

Country France

Zombie fires are ravaging peatlands in France

15 September, 2022

Theme Fires

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Region Global

Standardising what we measure in peatlands research

01 September, 2022

Theme Global Policy

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Region Europe

Country France

How countries can tackle devastating peatland wildfires

15 August, 2022

Theme Fires

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Region Global

Governments, smart data and wildfires: where are we at?

17 September, 2020

Theme Fires

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Region Global

Smart management of wildfires can help curb global heating

16 December, 2019

Theme Fires

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Region Global

UNFCCC COP24 Side Event: The trace of haze: Peat fires as local and global challenges

07 December, 2019

Theme Fires

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Region Asia

The human health benefits of conserving and restoring peatlands

08 November, 2019

Theme Conservation

Fires rage on peat lands outside Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan

Region Asia

Country Indonesia

Why peatlands matter

24 October, 2019

Theme Fires