Peatlands as a safe haven for rare and threatened biodiversity
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What is the Global Peatlands Initiative?
An effort by leading experts and institutions to save peatlands as the world’s largest terrestrial organic carbon stock and to prevent it being emitted into the atmosphere.
Get startedProvide an updated overall assessment of the status of peatlands and their importance in the global carbon cycle and to national economies. It emphasizes peatlands’ role in enabling the achievement of global commitments to mitigate climate change, as outlined in the Paris Agreement.
Identify and begin to respond to the needs of pilot countries with substantial peat coverage through building the knowledge base and developing options to reduce degradation. Improve the sustainability of peatland management including through restoration and the development and adoption of sustainable peatland strategies and action plans.
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#GenerationRestoration in possibly the most important habitat of all when it comes to stopping emissions & restarting carbon fixing!
Tropical #PeatlandsMatter
What are the challenges for Indonesia's goal to restore +2 million hectares of degraded peatlands?💡 @CIFOR and @BRG_Indonesia explored the possible criteria & indicators to make this happen.
http://ow.ly/7TRU50D8A0F
#PeatlandsMatter #ThinkLandscape
@mapalljohn @matts20000 @TCD_NatSci altogether now....#wetlandsmatter #peatlandsmatter @UNEP @DiannaKopansky
Water and #wetlands: The Facts
#Water from wetlands is vital for consumption, irrigation and the functioning of ecosystems.
#RestoreWetlands
Water, wetlands and life are Inseparable!
2 February is #WorldWetlandsDay
What are the challenges for Indonesia's goal to restore +2 million hectares of degraded peatlands?💡 @CIFOR and @BRG_Indonesia explored the possible criteria & indicators to make this happen.
http://ow.ly/7TRU50D8A0F
#PeatlandsMatter #ThinkLandscape
#PeatlandsMatter
#GenerationRestoration
Restoring Peat Bogs Could Slow Climate Change & Revive a Forgotten World:
Peatlands were once widespread throughout the UK, but many have been dug up, drained, burned, built on and converted to cropland, & their place in history has been forgotten.
https://bit.ly/3nDamVm
📌 Deploying a multi-sectoral approach in determining criteria & indicators to build a new ‘boardwalk’ for peatland restoration monitoring in #Indonesia
🆙 on #ForestsNews: http://ow.ly/8wKR30rsrzj
@CIFOR_hutan @BRG_Indonesia @usaidindonesia @FAOIndonesia @UNEP #PeatlandsMatter
#PeatlandsMatter
Guest post: How human activity threatens the world’s carbon-rich peatlands | @ExeterGeography @TAMU
https://j.mp/3nB9gJU
#PeatlandsMatter, especially in #Ireland
Starting this year, Ireland will report the impact of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from peatlands. https://greennews.ie/peatlands-emissions-and-removals/
Internship opportunities: The Global Peatlands Initiative is seeking 2 x Communication and Outreach Assistants to help raise awareness of #peatlands as the world’s largest terrestrial carbon stock. Apply by 18th January. https://careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail.aspx?id=147243&Lang=en-US #PeatlandsMatter @DiannaKopansky
Do peatlands fart? Is this a good title for a conference presentation about methane emissions from peatlands? #PeatTwitter #peatlandsmatter #peatperception #ScienceTwitter
thanks for posting @Borealconserve @JonathanWNV #PeatlandsMatter @DiannaKopansky
Canada is one of the largest countries to have joined the coalition. During the @oneplanetsummit @JonathanWVN shares ways that the country is tackling the #biodiversity crisis by highlighting partnerships w/ #Indigenous Peoples & the importance of #NatureBasedSolutions like IPCAs
Three key questions to understand the importance of generating livelihood opportunities for local communities and Indigenous Peoples through #peatland conservation.
http://ow.ly/A5YW50CR56a
via @CIFOR #PeatlandsMatter #ThinkLandscape
📌 Putting people first is a vital part of the equation for protecting and restoring Indonesia’s vast tropical peatlands
Learn more: http://ow.ly/WPYp30rrVYi
@CIFOR_hutan @BRG_Indonesia @GGGIIndonesia @usaidindonesia @UNEP #PeatlandsMatter #SWAMP
Fantastic to see proactive public commitments from @GreenerScotland to #EcosystemRestoration
Especially good are major scaling up of investments in restoring degraded #peatland
Is there any better #NaturalClimateSolution?
#GenerationRestoration
#PeatlandsMatter
#ForNature
The @UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is here
Combating biodiversity loss and climate change is at the heart of our green recovery
🌱 £250 million for peatland restoration
🌊 37% of Scotland’s seas protected
🌱 30% of land protected for nature by 2030
https://bit.ly/35izrhQ
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