Mastodawn

”When our rewilding program started, many big corporations offered us huge amounts of money if we certified carbon credits. We consulted with communities. But our answer was that we don’t sell nature.”

https://e360.yale.edu/features/tero-mustonen-interview?_hsenc=p2anqtz-8qjorrtilmbt14nt4u5r0mw9f2x-hsqsmrt7jgbvhkaktea_1-bgyaitudxi1aluczlc_w

#wetlands #rewetting #prevention #deterrence #rewilding #Finland #Karelia #peatland #restoration #landUse

Lumpenanalyst Jun 16

"They discovered that #methane #emissions in seismic lines were 300% higher in bogs and close to 200% higher in fens, compared with emissions from undisturbed sections of #peatland."
https://phys.org/news/2026-06-boreal-peatlands-triple-methane-emissions.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

Damaged boreal peatlands may triple methane emissions, reshaping climate risk

A new study reveals that, for the first time, areas of Canada's boreal peatlands damaged by oil and gas exploration have failed to recover as scientists and companies predicted and instead have led to a tripling of methane emissions, with global implications. The study, "Increased methane emissions from boreal peatlands following linear disturbances," appears in Communications Earth & Environment.

Phys.org

Dragofix May 17

Agriculture drives most tropical peatland loss in Indonesia, Peru and DRC: Study https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/05/agriculture-drives-most-tropical-peatland-loss-in-indonesia-peru-and-drc-study/

#Indonesia #Peru #DRC #environment #peatland #agriculture

Agriculture drives most tropical peatland loss in Indonesia, Peru and DRC: Study

A new study finds agriculture is the leading driver of tropical peatland loss in Indonesia, Peru and the DRC, with fires from land clearing causing major short-term greenhouse gas emissions and long-term climate risks.

Conservation news

Primo Natura May 3

"Peatlands are vital for tackling climate change, yet scientists still haven’t found them all"

#Peatland #Environment #Nature #Climate #ClimateChange

https://theconversation.com/peatlands-are-vital-for-tackling-climate-change-yet-scientists-still-havent-found-them-all-279578

Peatlands are vital for tackling climate change, yet scientists still haven’t found them all

Peatlands are central to climate change, yet basic questions remain unanswered. A global research community has mapped out what we most urgently need to know.

The Conversation

Ma Quest

Apr 26

Eryri National Park Peatland Restoration Projects, Wales
"By working closely with farmers and graziers we can ensure that they can continue to graze the land. Sustainable grazing benefits the peatland as it helps to keep it healthy by preventing any one species from dominating."
https://eryri.gov.wales/protect/conservation-work/peatland-restoration-projects/

#SolarPunkSunday #Peat #Farming #Grazing #Sustainability #Conservation #ERYRI #PeatLand #Agriculture #Wales #Snowdonia

Snowdonia peatland restoration projects

As an Authority we’ve started on our long-term mission to undertake peatland restoration for the benefit of the environment and wildlife.

Eryri National Park

Dragofix Jan 29

Peatland restoration can deliver climate mitigation benefits within a few decades https://phys.org/news/2026-01-peatland-climate-mitigation-benefits-decades.html

#environment #peatland #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

Peatland restoration can deliver climate mitigation benefits within a few decades

New research indicates that restoration of peatlands can result in climate mitigation within just a few decades. In Finland, some 60,000 hectares of previously forestry-drained peatlands have already been restored, comprising mainly nutrient-poor sites with weak tree growth. In such cases, peatland plants remain viable and react rapidly to restoration, resulting in the formation of a thick new layer of Sphagnum moss.

Phys.org

Dragofix Dec 31

Ditches on peatland oil palm plantations are an overlooked source of methane: Study https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/ditches-on-peatland-oil-palm-plantations-are-an-overlooked-source-of-methane-study/

#environment #peatland #PalmOil #methane #emissions

Ditches on peatland oil palm plantations are an overlooked source of methane: Study

The water-filled ditches that laced through the oil palm plantation in Sarawak, a Malaysian state on the island of Borneo, nagged at Kuno Kasak when he saw them in 2022. He knew that these canals, used to draw water out of spongy peatlands to make them suitable for agriculture, had been shown to be sources […]

Conservation news

Sean Jarrett Dec 5, 2025

Today is #WorldSoilDay so I thought I'd share an animation of Winter Hill in the West Pennine Moors. This illustrates how #Sentinel1 #SAR satellite data can be used to delineate #peatland condition.
Turquoise denotes wetter peatland, drier areas are in brown.
Our research found frozen conditions to better differentiate peatland from other land cover & highlight relative condition. Check it out here
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/16/2752
All with the power of #qgis #remotesensing #earthobservation #mapping

jaker Nov 22, 2025

"No more delays: Let’s get peat out of gardening, once and for all. Sign the
petition to help us end peat sales today and protect vital carbon-rich
peatland habitats."

#peatland #PeatFree #gardening #horticulture #UKpolitics

https://actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales/

Sign the petition to end peat sales!

No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.

The Peat-free Partnership

Sean Jarrett Nov 15, 2025

Day15 #30daymapchallenge is Fire 🔥
My map is a gif of #Sentinel1 images before & after the #wildfire at Winter Hill in the West Pennine Moors, UK in 2018.
The dashed line shows the extent of the fire, which burned on dry #peatland for over 40 days.
The colour range from blue to orange symbolises how radar backscatter represents water bodies/wetter surfaces through to dry, impermeable land cover & demonstrates the positive effects of #peatlandrestoration works since the fire.
All using #qgis