International Peatland Initiatives
This page provides information and links to international peatland initiatives.
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Global Peatlands Initiative project: State of the Worlds Peatlands
Global Peatlands Initiative (GPI) launches its Global Peatlands Assessment - The State of the World’s Peatlands - at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) taking place…
New Virtual Peatland Pavilion launched for COP29
To raise awareness of the global importance of peatlands during COP29, the latest pavilion has been updated with exciting new content.
Green carbon initiatives join forces to expand the UK market - launching the new Peatland Code registry
To maintain the transparency and robust accounting required as part of the management of the Peatland Code, all projects have now moved onto a new online registry. Find out more and view the…
Peatland Code update - December 2021
The Peatland Code now has 48 Projects registered with a total of almost 8000 ha of peatland restoration. Find out more and watch presentation delivered at the Scottish Forum on National Capital…
United Nations recognizes major Irish Peatland Restoration initiative
Dianna Kopansky of the United Nations Environment Programme has recognised the initiative led by Bord na Móna (Irish Peat Board) to restore damaged peatlands as part of an overall plan to restore…
New initiative to combine data across studies and sites to better inform peatland policy and practice
Researchers, practitioners and policy-makers from across Europe took part in a workshop in Newcastle to begin the process of finding a way to standardise the collection of environmental data so it…
The importance of peatlands in protecting urban areas in a warming world
Greater Manchester chosen as a global Resilience Hub for its policy and advocacy work on climate and disaster risk reduction by the Making Cities Resilient 2030 initiative.
New Virtual Peatland Pavilion
The IUCN UK Peatland Programme and Richard Lindsay from the Sustainability Research Institute, University of East London have produced a new Virtual Peatland Pavilion, supported by UNEP’s Global…
New eyes wanted: apply now for peatland monitoring support
Eyes on the Bog, the Peatland Programme’s long-term, low-cost monitoring initiative, is opening up Round 2 of its Eyes on the Bog Fund - and we’re looking for new groups to join the growing…
CiVTech innovators leading drive for advances within Peatland and Woodland Carbon Codes
The IUCN UK Peatland Programme and Scottish Forestry are co-sponsoring the three companies to devise complementary protypes during the five-month Accelerator phase of the CivTech Round 10, a…
Peatland Code Project Plan and Restoration Validation
There are two stages of validation in the Peatland Code: Project Plan Validation ideally takes place before restoration has begun and Restoration Validation takes place within 1 year of finishing the initial restoration (the ‘start date’).