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Restoring Britain’s woodlands and peatlands isn’t just a utopian dream.
The government has reportedly set aside 180,000 hectares of land for construction of a new capital in East Kalimantan.
Indonesia has permanently banned new clearing of primary forest and peatland. Here are three benefits of the policy.
The Indonesian government should improve transparency and public access to land-use data, make the ban on new plantations on primary forests permanent, and give communities access to forests.
George Monbiot talks with an ecologist about natural solutions to the climate crisis.
A lesser known aspect of bogs is their remarkable potential to preserve both environmental and archaeological records.
Preventing severe wildfires in the UK needs to be a political priority as climate change means they will be a growing problem.
A balanced research program should focus on good and rational peat management efforts that minimise environmental impacts, and on water regulation that reduces the risk of fire.
Indonesian peatlands are important to many people: farmers, bureaucrats, businesspeople, and conservationists. But preserving this value for everyone will mean listening to everyone’s concerns.
Rwanda is powering ahead with peat. The country hopes that the opening of two peat power plants will add to the current power mix.
A swampy area the size of England stores as much carbon as 20 years of US fossil fuel emissions.
Last year, fires burned 2 million hectares of peatlands in Indonesia. The country wants to restore them. But first it needs to know the extent and depth of its peatlands.
New early-warning systems are being developed and they’re warning of imminent danger.
Lakes of the Hudson Bay Lowlands, in northeast Canada, are showing evidence of abrupt change in one of the last Arctic regions of the world to have experienced global warming, according to Canadian research…
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