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 20^thMay 2022:

Total number of Peatland Code projects	96
Total Area of Peatland	13,999 ha
Average project size (for validated projects)	169 ha
Average project duration (for validated projects)	83 years

Registered projects

Number of projects registered and ‘under development’ 81

Validated projects

Number of validated projects	15
Projected emissions reduction as total number of validated, claimable Pending Issuance Units* (PIUs)	562,858 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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