Russia's peat bogs | Global 3000

  • 8 years ago
Peatlands store twice as much carbon dioxide as all the world's forests put together, but when they're drained they release huge amounts of greenhouse gases and are a great fire hazard. An NGO is trying to rehydrate peatlands.

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