Peatland Code Projects Summary | IUCN UK Peatland Programme

Peatland Code projects on the UK Land Carbon Registry

Please note the following information is correct as of 29^{th September} 2022:

Total number of Peatland Code projects	141
Total Area of Peatland	19,309 ha
Average project size (for validated projects)	169 ha
Average project duration (for validated projects)	84 years

Registered projects

Number of projects registered and ‘under development’ 112

Validated projects

Number of validated projects	16
Projected emissions reduction as total number of validated, claimable Pending Issuance Units* (PIUs)	577,516 tonnes of CO₂e

* 1 PIU = 1 tonne of Carbon Dioxide equivalents

Verified projects

Number of verified projects	0
Projected emissions reduction as total number of verified, claimable Peatland Carbon Units* (PCUs)	0

* 1 PCU = 1 tonne of Carbon Dioxide equivalents

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