Germany joins the Peatland Breakthrough as a Champion Country

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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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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

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Region Latin America and the Caribbean

Country Argentina

Protecting the crucial peatlands of Argentina’s Peninsula Mitre

28 October, 2020

Theme Conservation

Wildfires 5 Wikimedia Incendio forestal en Pirque Santiago de Chile

Region Global

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

17 September, 2020

Theme Fires

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

Working on Fire

Region Global

Smart management of wildfires can help curb global heating

16 December, 2019

Theme Fires

UK peat fire

Region Global

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

07 December, 2019

Theme Fires

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

Fires rage on peat lands outside Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan

Region Asia

Country Indonesia

Why peatlands matter

24 October, 2019

Theme Fires

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