Peatlands are fragile ecosystems that store twice as much carbon as forests. UNEP’s Global Peatlands Initiative spotlights ...

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Apart from typical forest fires that consume surface vegetation, many high-latitude fires burn through peat, the dense, carbon-rich layers of partially decayed organic material.

Ukraine may restore ancient swamps drained by Soviets—turning them into natural barriers to stop Russian tanks in their tracks.

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Global Peatlands Assessment, Peatland Atlas, GPI Research Working Group UNEP’s GPI works to provide evidence for action toward the conservation, restoration and sustainable management of peatlands.

The peat swamp forests of Borneo contain some of Southeast Asia’s most threatened wetland ecosystems and harbor numerous endemic amphibian species found nowhere else on Earth.