Global Peatlands Assessment: The State of the World’s Peatlands

©AndreaIzquierdo GlobalPeatlandsAssessment:TheStateoftheWorld’sPeatlands EVIDENCEFORACTIONTOWARDTHECONSERVATION,RESTORATION,ANDSUSTAINABLEMANAGEMENTOFPEATLANDS MAINREPORT ©2022UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme ISBN:978-92-807-3991-6 JobNumber:DEP/2489/NA Thispublicationmaybereproducedinwholeorinpartandinanyformforeducationalornon-profitserviceswithoutspecialpermissionfromthecopyrightholder,providedacknowledgementofthesourceismade.TheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgrammewouldappreciate receivingacopyofanypublicationthatusesthispublicationasasource. NouseofthispublicationmaybemadeforresaleoranyothercommercialpurposewhatsoeverwithoutpriorpermissioninwritingfromtheSecretariatoftheUnited Nations.Applicationsforsuchpermission,withastatementofthepurposeandextentofthereproduction,shouldbeaddressedtotheDirector,CommunicationDivision,UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme,P.O.Box30552,Nairobi00100,Kenya. Disclaimers: ThedesignationsemployedandthepresentationofthematerialinthispublicationdonotimplytheexpressionofanyopinionwhatsoeveronthepartoftheSecretariatoftheUnitedNationsconcerningthelegalstatusofany country,territoryorcityoritsauthorities,orconcerningthedelimitationofitsfrontiersorboundaries. Someillustrationsorgraphicsappearinginthispublicationmayhavebeenadaptedfromcontentpublishedbythirdpartiestoillustratetheauthors’owninterpretationsofthekeymessagesemergingfromsuchthird-partyillustrationsorgraphics.Insuchcases,thematerialinthispublicationdoesnotimplytheexpressionofanyopinionwhatsoeveronthepartofUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgrammeconcerningthesourcematerialsusedasabasisforsuchgraphicsorillustrations. MentionofacommercialcompanyorproductinthisdocumentdoesnotimplyendorsementbytheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgrammeortheauthors.Theuseofinformationfromthisdocumentforpublicityoradvertisingisnotpermitted.Trademarknamesandsymbolsareusedinaneditorialfashionwithnointentiononinfringementoftrademarkorcopyrightlaws. TheviewsexpressedinthispublicationarethoseoftheauthorsanddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsoftheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme.Weregretanyerrorsoromissionsthatmayhavebeenunwittinglymade. Theboundariesandnamesshown,andthedesignationsusedonthemapsprovidedinthispublicationdonotimplyofficialendorsementoracceptancebytheUnitedNations. ©Maps,photosandillustrationsasspecified SuggestedCitation UNEP(2022).GlobalPeatlandsAssessment–TheStateoftheWorld’sPeatlands:Evidenceforactiontowardtheconservation,restoration,andsustainablemanagementofpeatlands.MainReport.GlobalPeatlandsInitiative.UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme,Nairobi. Production UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme(UNEP).https://www.unep.org/resources/global-peatlands-assessment-2022 Supportedby: TheGlobalPeatlandsAssessmentisaproductproducedundertheumbrellaoftheGlobalPeatlandsInitiative:Assessing,MeasuringandPreservingPeatCarbonproject(GPIproject)whichisfundedbytheInternationalClimateInitiative(IKI)ofGermany. Acknowledgements UNEPwouldliketothanktheGlobalPeatlandsAssessment(GPA)DevelopmentTeam,whoguidedtheassessment.UNEPwouldalsoliketothanktheCoordinatingLeadAuthorsandContributingAuthors,reviewers,andallinformationproviderswhovoluntarilysupportedthecreationofthisAssessment. Authorsandreviewershavecontributedtothereportintheirindividualcapacities.Theiraffiliationsarementionedforidentificationpurposes.Alltheparticipantsarecitedbytheirfirstandlastnamesandwith,inparenthesis,theiraffiliationandcountryofcitizenship(orcountriesofcitizenship,separatedbyaslashwhentheparticipantshaveseveral),separatedbyacomma. ThankstotheGlobalPeatlandsInitiative(GPI)UNEPTeamfortheoverallcoordination,toUnitedNations(UN)EnvironmentProgrammeWorldConservationMonitoringCentre(UNEP-WCMC)forsupportingtheprocessof elaborationoftheassessment,andtoInstitutfürDauerhaftUmweltgerechteEntwicklungvonNaturräumenderErdeDUENEe.V.,partnerintheGreifswaldMireCentre,fortheproductionoftheGlobalPeatlandMaps. UNEPwouldalsoliketothanktheGreifswaldMireCentre(GMC)fortheopenaccesstotheirglobalpeatlanddatabase,whichwasenhancedduringtheGPAprocessbythecontributionsofexpertsallaroundtheglobe. GPADevelopmentTeam DiannaKopansky(UNEP,Canada),MariaNuutinen(FoodandAgricultureOrganizationoftheUnitedNations(FAO)),JanPeters(GMC/MichaelSuccowFoundation(MSF),Germany),AlexandraBarthelmes(GMC/DUENEe.V.,Germany),TobiasSalathe(SecretariatoftheConventiononWetlands),LeraMiles(UNEP-WCMC,UK),JerkerTamelander(SecretariatoftheConventiononWetlands,Finland),HansJoosten(GMC/UniversityofGreifswald,Netherlands),YannickBeaudoin(DavidSuzukiFoundation,Canada),TatianaMinayeva(CareforEcosystems,Germany). SpecialAcknowledgmenttothosewhosupportedtheGPADevelopmentTeam: RaquelAgra(UNEP-WCMC,Portugal),PatrickScheel(UNEP,Mexico),CosimaTegetmeyer(GMC/DUENEe.V.,Germany),CarinaPohnke(UNEP-WCMC,Germany),CorinnaRavilious(UNEP-WCMC,UK),LauraVillegas(FAO),ElisabetRams-Beltran(FAO). AUTHORS SummaryforPolicyMakers CoordinatingLeadAuthors:DiannaKopansky(UNEP,Canada),MarkReed(Scotland'sRuralCollege(SRUC),UK),MattKaplan(UNEP-WCMC,UnitedStatesofAmerica(USA)),JonnyHughes(UNEP-WC