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Report on Peatland
March 27 , 2020
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- The Food and Agriculture Organization operating under United Nations released a report recently on Peatlands.
- The report says that though Peatlands cover only 3% of the earth’s surface, they trigger the carbon that were locked in a few decades.
- When they are released, they emit greenhouse gases.
- They have the potential to release up to one giga tonne of carbon.
- The report says that peatlands consists of 30% of world soil carbon.
- Indonesia has 40% of tropical peatlands.
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