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

Published Apr 25By

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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Sunset Frog - Nicki Mitchell

Region Oceania

Oceania Global Peatlands Assessment at the Soil Science Conference

13 December, 2024

Theme Conservation

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Region Asia

Spotlight on Asian Peatlands at the 17th International Peatland Congress (IPC) in China

03 December, 2024

Region Africa

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

15 October, 2024

Theme Adaptation

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

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

Mossy Depression

Region Europe

Country Argentina

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

22 April, 2022

Theme Restoration

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

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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