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Peatlands Critical In Climate Change Fight | National Geographic

AUTHOR National Geographic

Peatlands lock in more carbon than forests—and a new mapping effort suggests that the Democratic Republic of Congo’s might be the world’s largest.

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PARTNERS

Founding member states

Republic of Indonesia

Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Republic of Peru

Coordinating partners

Ministry of Environment and Forestry Republic of Indonesia

CIFOR

UN Environment

FAO