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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Nitrogen pollution

Region Global

Opinion – Why care about Nitrogen and Ecosystems restoration?

16 June, 2021

Theme Restoration

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

Exploring Criteria and Indicators for Tropical Peatland Restoration workshops series

22 November, 2020

Theme Restoration

UK peatlands

Region Europe

Eurosite Annual Meeting 2020: ‘Zooming’ in on European natural site management — from plan to action

18 November, 2020

Theme Restoration

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

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

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

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Region Asia

The human health benefits of conserving and restoring peatlands

08 November, 2019

Theme Conservation