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

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The Virtual Peatlands Pavilion is a huge virtual reality space filled with diverse and inspiring resources from around the world. Peatlands are found in 177 countries and represented on every continent, from tropical swamp forests to sub-Antarctic...

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Region Africa

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

15 October, 2024

Theme Adaptation

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

Region Latin America and the Caribbean

Country Peru

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

18 June, 2024

Theme Climate and GHG

Region Africa

Dialogues and Assessment of Transboundary Peatlands in the Kagera Sub-Basin of Nile Basin project kicks off in Nyamata, Rwanda

24 August, 2023

Aguaje palms in Peru

Region Latin America and the Caribbean

Country Peru

Sustainable harvesting of Aguaje fruit offers multiple benefits in Peru’s Amazonian peatlands

22 April, 2022

Theme Livelihoods

Region Africa

Country Democratic Republic of Congo

DRC updates their NDC to include peatlands

04 April, 2022

Theme Climate and GHG

The delegation from the Peruvian Ministry for the Environment invited indigenous representatives to talk about indigenous perspectives on ecosystem preservation and the power of indigenous knowledge.

Region Latin America and the Caribbean

Country Peru

Peru at the Peatland Pavilion

02 December, 2021

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

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

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