Peatland Management is a Quick and Cost-Effective Measure
to reduce 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions
Assessment on Peatlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change
http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=523&ArticleID=5723&l=en
This executive summary
presents the key findings of the global Assessment on Peatlands,
Biodiversity and Climate Change. The Assessment was prepared through a
review of scientific information on the nature and value of peatlands
in relation to biodiversity and climate change, the impact of human
activities and potential sustainable management options. The assessment
addresses issues raised at multiple international conventions (CBD,
Ramsar, UNFCCC, UNCCD) and the Executive Summary will be officially
launched at the UNFCCC CoP in Bali. In July CBD SBSTTA had already
decided to endorse the Assessment.
Besides a chapter on the character of peatlands, the assessment will
have chapters on peatlands and people, peatlands and past climate
change, peatlands and biodiversity, peatlands and carbon, peatlands and
greenhouse gases, impacts of future climate change on peatlands and
finishes with a chapter on management of peatlands for biodiversity and
climate change. PDF versions of these chapters will be available from
the GEC website www.gecnet.info soon. The executive summary will be
available there as well. In the meantime, you can find a PDF of the
Executive Summary here (5MB PDF).
Documents
The Assessment on Peatlands,
Biodiversity and Climate Change is available on the website of the Global Environmental Center. However, here you can download part of the documents:
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