Scientists identify the most urgent research questions facing the world’s peatlands

Published Apr 28By

An international team of researchers have identified the most urgent unanswered questions about peatland ecosystems, providing a global roadmap which can guide future science and policy for one of the planet’s most important and threatened ecosystems...

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Mongolia

Region Global

Country Congo

Harnessing Indigenous Knowledge and Science for Climate Resilience and Nature Action at UNEA-7

12 December, 2025

Theme Climate and GHG

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

drc simon lewis

Country Democratic Republic of Congo

Mapping peat thickness and carbon stocks of the central Congo Basin using field data

27 August, 2022

Mossy Depression

Region Europe

Country Argentina

LIFE Peat Restore publishes Handbook for Assessment of GHG emissions from peatlands

22 April, 2022

Theme Restoration

Region Africa

Country Democratic Republic of Congo

DRC updates their NDC to include peatlands

04 April, 2022

Theme Climate and GHG

Peru Peatlands

Country Indonesia

GLF Bonn Side Event: Lessons learned and best practices for the management of tropical peatlands: an inter-tropical dialogue

02 December, 2019

Fires rage on peat lands outside Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan

Region Asia

Country Indonesia

Why peatlands matter

24 October, 2019

Theme Fires

Lowland Gorilla Congo

Region Africa

Country Congo

The Congo Basin is critical to the health of our planet

15 October, 2019

Theme Hydrology

Region Africa

Country Democratic Republic of Congo

First Peatlands National Workshop in DRC – a major step towards peatlands protection and sustainable management

10 September, 2019

Theme Researching peatlands location and status

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