Studies suggest the majority of protected peatlands lack sufficient people and money to meet preservation goals, she added. Global conservation financing has been dealt a blow recently as a result ...

Palm oil companies in Indonesia continue to operate on protected peatlands and clear forests, despite having their forestry ...

Peatlands in the Salsipuedes and Cerro Paramillo sectors ... as keystone species supporting other life or as biogeographical rarities—the stakes for conservation are high. Looking ahead, the ...

Damage to peatlands leads to floods and serious fires. The government is busying itself treating the symptoms, not the roots ...

Germany's Fraunhofer ISE and partners have tested different PV systems on peatland and have pointed out the importance of ...

Ontario is the worst in Canada for nature conservation, according to a new national report card from the Canadian Parks and ...

A new study by the UK Center for Ecology and Hydrology suggests that restoring the Falkland Island peatlands could lead ... supporting the tourism sector and conservation efforts.

According to a predictive model, the microalgae present in peat bogs could offset up to 14% of future CO2 emissions, thanks to their photosynthetic activity. This conclusion was reached by basing the ...

In association with Research Ireland Peatland covers a significant amount of Ireland’s land surface area, around 23%, ...

Researchers measured post-restoration Sphagnum moss layer growth on 18 peatland sites in Finland 10 years after restoration. According to the study, a thick Sphagnum moss layer forms rapidly during ...

Conservation scientists see targeting peatlands for protection as “low-hanging fruit” to deal with climate change because they’ve stockpiled so much carbon on only about 3% of land on Earth.