Peatlands play vital role in curbing climate change
EU–(ENEWSPF)–26 January 2015. Satellites can help us to safeguard nature’s richest carbon storehouses – peatlands.
Peatlands make up just 3% of land but capture twice as much carbon as all forests combined.
They are also an important source of drinking water and provide a home to many rare and threatened animals and plants.
Ecosystems work best when left intact but these wetland areas are being threatened by…
