1 February 2019 (UN Environment)* — “Strategies that address climate change must include the wise use of wetlands,” says UN Environment peatlands expert Dianna Kopansky.
“We’ve already lost 35 per cent of them since 1970. Individuals, communities and governments must work together to protect these amazing ecosystems, which help us prepare for, cope with and bounce back from the impacts of climate change.”
Peatlands cover only about three per cent of our planet’s land, but account for nearly half the world’s wetlands.