Tropical peatland climate resilience

Context

This project develops novel governance actions that can transform the resilience of poor and marginalised groups to better manage climate risks in the peatlands of Indonesia, Peru and the Congo Basin; areas that represent the majority of tropical peatland area and emissions globally.

Aims and Objectives

The project builds social science and interdisciplinary capacity in the international tropical peatland community, leading to co-production of an interdisciplinary climate resilience research agenda; and develops innovative governance approaches that integrate social science on ecosystem markets with natural science and engineering technologies for peatland restoration, to transform governance and reduce vulnerability to climate risks.