{"id":57,"date":"2020-06-03T03:12:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T03:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cifor.org\/annualreport2019\/?p=57"},"modified":"2020-08-04T01:57:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T01:57:21","slug":"the-potential-of-peatlands-and-wetlands-for-climate-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/annualreport2019\/the-potential-of-peatlands-and-wetlands-for-climate-action\/","title":{"rendered":"The potential of peatlands and wetlands for climate action"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Peatlands, which make up more than half of all wetlands worldwide, store
\n a surprising one-third of the world\u2019s soil carbon. Coastal blue carbon ecosystems, such as mangroves, seagrasses
\n and salt marshes, are also major carbon reservoirs and protect shorelines from erosion.<\/p>\n

Conserving or restoring these ecosystems can be a clear emissions-saving strategy for peatlands- rich
\n countries \u2013 so why have so few nations included peatlands in their Nationally Determined Contributions
\n (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement?<\/p>\n

COP25 \u2013 the 2019 United Nations global climate conference held in Madrid \u2013 was the first \u2018blue COP\u2019, where
\n the potential role of oceans and blue carbon in climate action was acknowledged. As countries work to submit
\n revised NDCs in 2020, CIFOR shared lessons on peatland restoration at several events, strengthening the
\n investment case for the sustainable management of wetlands.<\/p>\n

Considered a leader in peatlands research, Indonesia has committed to restore 2.4 million ha of degraded
\n peatlands. It is part of the Global Peatlands Initiative and is the founding country of the International
\n Tropical Peatlands Center, which includes the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo (Peru has also been invited to join).<\/p>\n

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