Landscapes

By Aida Greenbury and Martijn Wilder, Chairs of the Private Sector Roundtable of the Asia Pacific Rainforest Partnership There is now a global scientific consensus that the world is in a race against time to halt catastrophic and irreversible climate change. The incoming UN secretary general has said it’s the biggest crisis facing humanity and […]

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A conversation with Gerald Schmilewski, President of the International Peatland Society (IPS), during the Global Landscapes Forum thematic event Peatlands Matter in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 18, 2017.

Peat is made up of partly decomposed vegetation and is formed over centuries in anaerobic, waterlogged conditions. Peat has been on our planet for around 360 million years.

Challenges and Opportunities &  Consultation to operationalize Regional Strategy and Action Plan for Forest and Landscape Restoration in Asia-Pacific Background In 2011, the Bonn Challenge was announced with a goal to restore 150 million ha of deforested and degraded lands by 2020. This ambitious goal was reinforced during the UN Climate     Summit 2014 […]

By Tim Christophersen, originally posted at the UN-REDD Programme The lack of knowledge on peatlands must be addressed urgently. An often neglected ecosystem, and significant contributor to climate change, is peat. When it burns or dries up huge amounts of CO2 are released. The UK Met Office says carbon dioxide levels have seen a surge in recent months as […]