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Working on Fire

Region Global

Smart management of wildfires can help curb global heating

Published 16/12/2019

Extensive wildfire disasters, such as recently reported in Australia, Indonesia and the United States, adversely affect

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Type Articles and press releases

Theme Fires

Chilean Peatlands

Region Latin America and the Caribbean

Country Chile

Growing awareness of the value of Chile’s peatlands

Published 28/07/2020 By Julie Van Offelen

Chile is renowned for its diverse ecosystem, from the vast mountain ranges of Patagonia to the southernmost tip of

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Type Articles and press releases

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

Published 28/10/2020

Peatlands are found all over the world, and come in many forms, displaying many different characteristics and diversity

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Type Articles and press releases

Theme Conservation

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How countries can tackle devastating peatland wildfires

Aug 31

Today, a major wildfire in France has destroyed thousands of hectares of forest and forced many people to flee their

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Standardising what we measure in peatlands research

Sep 30

To protect, restore and sustainably manage peatlands, it is necessary to develop and implement effective government

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