This the flyer of the Global Peatland Fund, which reduces greenhouse gas emissions by rehabilitating degraded peatlands – especially peatswamp rainforests in Southeast Asia. Peatland rehabilitation and conservation are extremely cost effective carbon mitigation options (US$7 to US$17 per tonne of CO2).
This brief was used by the team of Wetlands International attending COP 14 in Poznan, Poland (December 2008). The aim is to advice delegations on the different issues on the agenda in different committees of the COP.
Poster created for the UNFCCC meetings to show that the global climate community is doing nothing to address the significant emissions from peatland loss.
Factsheet explaining the methods and achievements of the Central Kalimantan Peatland Project (CKPP).
Poster about peatland restoration in Central Kalimantan, explaining the Central Kalimantan Peatland Project to people in the area (in Indonesian).
Handbook in Bahassa Indonesia for policy makers about the problems connected to peatland drainage and the solutions of the Central Kalimantan Peatland Project.
Leaflet in Bahassa Indonesia to local communities the problems connected to peatland drainage and the solutions of the Central Kalimantan Peatland Project.
This brochure (4 pages) presents the main projects in 2008 for which we look for support from donors: Green Coast, Wings Over Wetlands and the work on restoring the South-east Asian peatswamps.
Palm oil is a driving force behind the destruction of tropical peatlands by deforestation, soil degradation and fires. Decomposition of the degraded organic soils which cover 0.2% of the global land surface leads to 8% of the global CO2 emissions.