News Headline
Innovative peatland restoration efforts key to mitigating climate change
Source
CIFOR
Publication Date
2019-12-20
Indonesia is home to an extensive area of tropical peatlands, which are carbon-rich ecosystems that are critical for supporting biodiversity and the livelihoods of local forest-dependent communities. Between 30 and 40 percent of global carbon is locked in peatlands, although they cover only around 3 percent of the world’s surface area.