A new study reveals that peatlands—a vital carbon store that many people have never heard of—are dangerously under-protected, ...

Peatlands, one of the planet’s most crucial carbon sinks, are facing a crisis of protection and preservation, a new global ...

Conserving and restoring Southeast Asia's carbon-rich peatlands and mangroves could mitigate more than 50 per cent of the region's land-use carbon emissions, according to a new international study.

Peatlands and mangroves can reduce carbon emissions by more than 50% in Southeast Asia. Over 90% of carbon is stored in the ...

Southeast Asia is home to some of the world's largest areas of tropical peatlands and mangroves. These ecosystems share water-saturated, oxygen-limited soils that slow the decomposition of organic ...

Updated Emissions Estimates and Pathways for Change The study also provides up-to-date estimates of emissions from disturbed peatlands and mangroves across Southeast Asia from 2001 to 2022 ...

“[W]hen peatlands and mangroves are disturbed, usually due to land conversion, they will release large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere,” Sigit said. Burned peat forest in Borneo. Image ...