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 Africa

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

15 October, 2024

Theme Adaptation

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Region Europe

Country France

Zombie fires are ravaging peatlands in France

15 September, 2022

Theme Fires

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Region Europe

Country France

How countries can tackle devastating peatland wildfires

15 August, 2022

Theme Fires

Region Global

New interdisciplinary research to help manage climate risks to tropical peatlands

27 April, 2021

Theme Other

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

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

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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

Country Indonesia

Indonesian forest fires: 5 provinces declare state of emergency

31 July, 2017

Theme Fires