Building a European Peatlands Alliance

Project

The project brings together representatives of national governments, scientists, environmentalists, private landowners, and farmers to exchange knowledge in workshops and networking events. It builds up a network that spans across Europe: The European Peatlands Initiative, which works closely together with the Global Peatlands Initiative by UNEP. On the one hand, the project assists decision-makers with detailed up-to-date data as well as best practice approaches. On the other hand, it supports farmers and private landowners through customised workshops and tutorial videos in their own languages. As a result, peatland-rich countries– especially in Central and Eastern Europe – develop increased institutional capacities to tackle the peatland loss and on-site practitioners and land-users receive the education to foster sustainable, drainage-free, and rewetted peatlands. Hence, each party plays a concrete role depending on their interests and responsibilities in helping peatlands recover and become sustainably managed.