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Dennis del Castillo of Peruvian Amazon Research Institute: ‘Peatlands are seen as wastelands’
From Peru to the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo to Indonesia, peatlands restoration and management efforts…
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Peatlands: The view from space
Dense, damp and often remote, tropical peatlands are notoriously difficult to map and monitor on the ground. So how about…
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Eyes on the livelihoods of peatland communities
It’s not just the types of trees that grow in the forests – and, in some cases, the orangutans or…
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Ann Jeannette Glauber of World Bank: ‘Indonesia’s 2015 fires cost twice as much as tsunami clean-up’
How can sustainable landscape management attract more finance towards sustainable rehabilitation, peatland restoration and conservation? How can we best mobilize…
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Countering the health effects of peat fires
For the past 360 million years, waterlogged land areas of our planet have been covered with the dense decay of…
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Lera Miles of UN Environment: ‘There’s much more peatland there than anyone had ever anticipated’
Will the recent discovery of peat in the Congo Basin be a boon or a liability for global climate change…
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Congo’s hidden carbon
Underneath the swamp forests and palm trees of the Congo Basin lies a hidden wealth: more than 145,000 square kilometers…
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‘Black gold’ for climate mitigation
New tools and new discoveries are drastically altering our existing knowledge of peatlands. Scientists have recently discovered the existence of…
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Guardians of the forest
The sky turned yellow just before the 2015 peatland fires reached their height in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Then it turned dark,…
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Tim Christophersen of UN Environment: ‘Peatlands are one of the least-understood ecosystems.’
With 425 people in attendance in Jakarta — as well as over one thousand views of the event livestream and…
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People and peat
Deep in the forests of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, the murmur of a paddle sliding through water joins the mesh of…
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Preserving precious peat in the Congo Basin
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has long been known for the biodiversity and carbon storage capacity of its vast…
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Q&A: “Peruvian peatlands should be considered as priorities in any national conservation program for climate change mitigation”
Peruvian peatlands are of huge environmental importance, not only locally but also globally. They not only house enormous stores of…
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The power of peatlands
Peatlands cover only 3-5 per cent of the Earth’s surface, but they store over 30 percent of all soil carbon.…
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Local law and order
On the outskirts of Dompas village in Riau province, a group of men is peeling back the black earth with…
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