Ignoring Canada’s peatlands is a catastrophe in the making

Canada has one-quarter of the world’s peatlands within its borders, storing more carbon than the Amazon Rainforest.
These carbon-rich ecosystems are one of our greatest allies in the fight against climate change, writes Lorna Harris.

Canada’s vast northern lands contain a global treasure critical for tackling the dual climate and biodiversity crises: peatlands. These watery landscapes called bogs, fens, swamps, or ‘muskeg’ are home to multiple species and store massive amounts of carbon that must b...

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