Peat

By Tim Christophersen, acting Chief of UN Environment’s Terrestrial Ecosystems Unit and REDD+ Team Leader. Rooting out climate change Let’s face it: we are not on track to win the war against climate change. Time is running out, and more and more citizens around the world are starting to feel the effects of a warming […]

How the media can help protect Indonesia’s peatlands By Rose Foley and Leona Liu, originally published on Forests News Indonesia – For some residents of South Sumatra, Indonesia, peat is a constant preoccupation. “Life keeps getting harder,” says 53-year-old Maemunah. She lives in Talangnangka village in the center of the province, among peatland that was once […]

A conversation with Ann Jeannette Glauber, Lead Environment Specialist at the World Bank, during the Global Landscapes Forum thematic event Peatlands Matter in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 18, 2017. Read also: http://blog.cifor.org/50006/ann-jeannette-glauber-of-world-bank-indonesias-2015-fires-cost-twice-as-much-as-tsunami-clean-up?fnl=en

A conversation with Emmanuela Shinta, Dayak Leader, Filmmaker and Activist at the Ranu Welum Foundation during the Global Landscapes Forum: Peatlands Matter thematic event in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 18, 2017.

This session is conducted in the format of a TV talk show, and will discuss perspectives and actions of various actors representing governments, corporations, NGOs and academia to discover common ground, identify synergies and accelerate restoration initiatives in Indonesia. Peatlands play critical roles in climate change mitigation and adaptation, conservation and economic development. Indonesia’s fire […]

New maps and recent discoveries are changing our understanding of the immense carbon storage potential of tropical wetlands and peatlands. And, this knowledge remains largely unappreciated. Contrary to previous belief, we now know of the existence of enormous peatland carbon stocks in the Congo basin and South America. Indonesia continues to house the most peat […]