Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Peatlands only cover about 3 percent of the world's land area but store almost one-third of soil carbon. When healthy, they act as giant carbon sinks, biodiversity hotspots, flood barriers and water filters. But when drained, dried or disturbed by human activity and climate change, they can quickly release their trapped carbon back into the atmosphere.
Protecting these wetlands, then, is crucial in the fight against the climate crisis – and nowhere more so than in Canada, where they cover a whopping 12 percent of the total land area, making up roughly a quarter of the world’s peatlands.
So, what are some of the challenges facing Canadian peatlands, and what are scientists and policymakers doing about them?
Find out by joining us on 25 July at 15:00 UTC for this GLF Live with Lorna Harris, director of WCS Canada’s Forests, Peatlands and Climate Change Program. #ThinkLandscape
Peatlands only cover about 3 percent of the world's land area but store almost one-third of soil carbon. When healthy, they act as giant carbon sinks, biodiversity hotspots, flood barriers and water filters. But when drained, dried or disturbed by human activity and climate change, they can quickly release their trapped carbon back into the atmosphere.
Protecting these wetlands, then, is crucial in the fight against the climate crisis – and nowhere more so than in Canada, where they cover a whopping 12 percent of the total land area, making up roughly a quarter of the world’s peatlands.
So, what are some of the challenges facing Canadian peatlands, and what are scientists and policymakers doing about them?
Find out by joining us on 25 July at 15:00 UTC for this GLF Live with Lorna Harris, director of WCS Canada’s Forests, Peatlands and Climate Change Program. #ThinkLandscape
