Global Peatland Drainage

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationEcosystems Division
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-26T07:28:32Z
dc.date.available2025-08-26T07:28:32Z
dc.date.issued2024-11
dc.date.submitted2025-08-26
dc.descriptionDeep artificial drainage is a common prerequisite for using peatlands for intensive agriculture, forestry, peat extraction, or infrastructure. This practice reduces landscape-level water availability, disturbs the ecological functions of peatlands, and transforms them from CO2 sinks to CO2 sources.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/48440
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number2 p.
dc.publisherUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.subjectdrainage
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectforestry
dc.subjectpeat extraction
dc.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Land
dc.subject.themeadministration
dc.subject.themeenvironmental governance
dc.titleGlobal Peatland Drainageen
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