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

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Uganda recognizes the importance of peatlands as a nature-based solution for climate and nature. Speaking at the launch, Dr. Alfred Okot Okidi, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Water and Environment Uganda implored citizens to recognize the...

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Region Global

Embark on a voyage of discovery with the Virtual Peatlands Pavilion World Tour 2025

17 February, 2025

Theme Capacity building

Sunset Frog - Nicki Mitchell

Region Oceania

Oceania Global Peatlands Assessment at the Soil Science Conference

13 December, 2024

Theme Conservation

Region Africa

ATBC 2024 Conference: Global Peatlands Assessment highlights the ecology, threats, and conservation status of tropical peatlands

15 October, 2024

Theme Adaptation

PRESS RELEASE: Venice Agreement annual gathering to take place in Torres Vedras, Portugal from June 1-3, 2024

27 May, 2024

Theme Conservation

Region Global

Peatlands Perspectives: The urgent need for action

02 February, 2022

Theme Conservation

Region Global

High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development – Side-event “Wetlands: Key Enablers for a Resilient and Sustainable Recovery”

15 June, 2021

Theme Conservation

Canadian peatlands

Region North America

Country Canada

Canada’s Peatlands: Towards A National Assessment

22 January, 2021

Theme Conservation

Aquatic Warbler Credits to Zymantas Morkvenas

Region Global

Peatlands as a safe haven for rare and threatened biodiversity

24 November, 2020

Theme Conservation

Region Global

Tropical peatland conservation could protect humans from new diseases

17 November, 2020

Theme Conservation

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

Chilean Peatlands

Region Latin America and the Caribbean

Country Chile

Growing awareness of the value of Chile’s peatlands

28 July, 2020

Theme Conservation

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