Only 17% of peatlands, vital to curbing climate change, are protected, study finds

Mongabay
Feb 19, 2025, 2:05 pm69 pts
Peatlands around the globe hold more carbon than all the world’s forests, and yet new research reveals a much lower proportion are protected compared to other ecosystems. Just 17% of these swampy bogs overlap with existing protected areas, according to a mapping study published Feb. 12 in the journal…

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