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Peat is an accumulation of ... and is the most efficient carbon sink on the planet ... in 2006 urged the local and national governments of Finland to protect and ...
Peatland restoration is a term describing measures to restore the original form and function of peatlands, or wet peat-rich areas. [1] [2] This landscape globally occupies 400 million hectares or 3% of land surface on Earth.
The Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve, nearly the size of Singapore, consists of 64,000 hectares of bio-diverse tropical peat swamp forest that contain as much as 1,000 plant and animal species per hectare and is one of the most highly endangered ecosystems on the planet. The project area and ongoing initiatives focus on environmental ...
Saltwater intrusion also poses threats to biodiversity, drinking water, and peat soils, which store planet-warming carbon. Then there are the people. Florida has undergone decades of population growth, becoming the nations’ fastest-growing state in 2022.
The mission of the Initiative is to protect and conserve peatlands as the world's largest terrestrial organic carbon stock and to prevent it from being emitted into the atmosphere. Members of the Initiative are working together within their respective areas of expertise to improve the conservation, restoration and sustainable management of ...
Action plan sets out how to restore England’s peatland so they store carbon and deliver other benefits such as water management and wildlife habitat.
Before setting up the tropical peat research institute, the Sarawak government was concerned with international non-governmental organisations (NGO) lobbying in Europe that calls for an import ban of palm oil coming from tropical peatlands because of the claims that cultivation of oil palms on peatland contributes to global greenhouse gases emissions. [9]
Scientists suggest that bringing back woolly mammoths to frozen tundras could prevent some releases of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.