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Frontiers 2018/19: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern

The Global Peatlands Initiative co-wrote a chapter in the UN Environments’ publication: Frontiers 2018/19: Emerging

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

Smart management of wildfires can help curb global heating

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

How countries can tackle devastating peatland wildfires

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