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

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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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Region Global

New interdisciplinary research to help manage climate risks to tropical peatlands

27 April, 2021

Theme Other

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

Exploring Criteria and Indicators for Tropical Peatland Restoration workshops series

22 November, 2020

Theme Restoration

Region Global

Tropical peatland conservation could protect humans from new diseases

17 November, 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

Region Global

GLF Digital Conference – Why peatlands Matter for Food Security

10 June, 2020

Theme Livelihoods

Agreement signed between FAO and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Region Global

Agreement signed between FAO and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

30 January, 2020

Theme Other

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

Region Global

GLF Bonn Side Event: High level South South Cooperation in action – Protecting Tropical Peatlands Together – a Triple win for the Climate, People and the Planet

02 December, 2019

Theme Climate and GHG

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Region Asia

The human health benefits of conserving and restoring peatlands

08 November, 2019

Theme Conservation