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T1 Global Peatland Drainage
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 drainage
K1 agriculture
K1 forestry
K1 peat extraction
PB United Nations Environment Programme
YR 2024
FD 2024-11
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/48440
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/48440
NO Deep 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.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 16, 2026