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First Peatlands National Workshop in DRC – a major step towards peatlands protection and sustainable management

Within the Congo Basin, the Cuvette Central Basin contains the world’s largest tropical peatland, covering an area of ​

Governments, smart data and wildfires: where are we at?

The ongoing Amazon wildfires have focused media attention on forest fires but also on wildfires more generally and their

Why peatlands matter

An interview with UN Environment Programme’s peatlands expert Dianna Kopansky Tropical peatlands have been in the news

The human health benefits of conserving and restoring peatlands

It is well known that peatlands matter for livelihoods, carbon storage, flood mitigation, and water quality, but a

Peatland strategies workshop – exchange on existing and planned peatland strategies in European countries

Peatlands are present all over Europe, mostly in the Northern, Central and Eastern regions, (see Fig. 1) where they