Peatlands cover only 3% of the Earth’s surface, yet store vast carbon reserves

With proper management, they can curb climate change by continuously sequestering atmospheric carbon.

The ESA WorldPeatland project is working with stakeholders to understand their needs and then facilitate Earth observation tools to map and monitor peatlands.

Collaborative

Work closely with stakeholders in the peatlands community to define, validate and promote the products and tools.

Development

Facilitate mapping and monitoring of peatlands in different states and in different biomes, developing innovative EO-based tools and indicators.

Demonstrate

Demonstrate tools in tropical, temperate and boreal peatlands with user organisations by selecting test sites to assess peatland condition methods.

We have held a number of events this year so far, please watch this space for future ones.

Up coming events

UK Earth Observation Conference 2024

10-12 SEP. 2024,
YORK, UK

The conference will bring together the UK Earth Observation community across research, government and industry. Gerardo Lopez Saldana will present the vision of the WorldPeatland project and some preliminary results.

Eurosite Annual Meeting 2024

22-24 October 2024,
DURHAM, UK

The Eurosite Annual Meeting 2024 will provide a space to interact with stakeholders focused on conservation from policy, finance, management and partnerships. Members of the WorldPeatland team will be there to keep engaging with key stakeholders and users our project outputs.

Past events

WorldPeatland at EGU24

17 MAY, 2024
Vienna, Austria

Advancing Peatland Restoration and Conservation with ESA’s WorldPeatland Project.

WorldPeatland user engagement and requirements workshop

29-30 JAN, 2024 Leicester, England

Bringing together peatland communities worldwide, the WorldPeatland team embarked on a journey to delve into the specific requirements of a wide range of peatland stakeholders.

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News & Blog

Using MT-InSAR methods to record peatland breathing: considerations and challenges

Through the ESA-funded WorldPeatland project, it was possible to assess the applicability of Multi-Temporal Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (MT-InSAR) methods for the study of peatlands located in boreal and temperate climate zones, as well as tropical ones.

WorldPeatland Contributes to Wet Horizons End-User Workshop

Connecting with ongoing peatland projects and collaborating on the creation of databases is crucial for the WorldPeatland team to train and validate Earth Observation tools developed within the consortium.