Satellite imagery recorded more than 5,000 fire hotspots on peatlands across Indonesia in January, despite the fact that much of the country remains firmly in the grip of the rainy season. Independent ...

New research shows that even healthy tropical peat forests can release more warming gases due to water level changes and drought.

A new study has found that oil palm can be farmed more sustainably on peatlands by re-wetting the land - conserving both biodiversity and livelihoods. The research looked at tropical peatland ...

Jonathan Ritson has received funding from charities delivering peatland restoration. By the 2080s, climate change will mean most of Britain’s peatlands could be too dry to form new peat. That’s the ...

Dr. Nicholas Midgley, a senior lecturer and his team from Nottingham Trent University have been in the Falkland Islands for the last three weeks investigating coastal peatland and tussac’s ...

Community-led efforts to restore degraded peatlands in Indonesia’s Riau province could be put to the test in early 2023 as the dry season sets in. Riau is the perennial epicenter of the burning season ...

Peatlands are the UK’s very own Amazon rainforest when it comes to carbon storage. The ecosystem stores 3.2 billion tonnes of carbon, which makes their protection and restoration essential in the ...