NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Did you know that peatlands store a third of the world’s soil carbon? That’s twice as much as all the world’s forests – even though they only make up 3–4% of the Earth’s land area. Yet this significant carbon store is under threat as peatlands continue to be degraded at alarming rates around the world, affecting the health and livelihoods of millions of people.