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Global Peatland Hotspot Atlas 2024
December 3 , 2024
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- The Global Peatland Hotspot Atlas was published by the UN Environment Program (UNEP).
- The atlas provides evidence for the need to enhance protection and restoration of peatlands, along with investments in research and monitoring.
- 488 million hectares of peatlands globally, with 12% highly degraded.
- Peatlands are only covering around 3-4% of the planet’s land surface, contain up to one-third of the world’s soil carbon.
- It is twice the amount of carbon found in the world’s forests.
- Peatlands composed primarily of organic soils rich in carbon (peat), with at least 40 cm of organic material.
- Peatlands emit 1,941 Mt CO₂e per year due to human activity.
- India’s Peatlands, estimated to be around 0.2%, are generally found in Eastern Himalayas, Western Ghats, and the North-East Indian region.
- The Congo Basin holds the largest known tropical peatland.
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